{"id":105736,"date":"2024-09-19T20:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T17:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105736\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-bishop-asks-pope-francis-about-regional-peace","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105736\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian bishop asks Pope Francis about regional peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/catholic.by-papa-19-09-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(catholic.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Pope Francis has conveyed his greetings to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, Belarusian Bishop Andrej Znoska <a href=\"https:\/\/catholic.by\/3\/news\/belarus\/17807-papa-frantsishak-u-adkaz-na-pytanne-maladoga-biskupa-z-belarusi-nikoli-nelga-zakryvats-dzvery-dlya-peragavorau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">told<\/a> <em>Catholic.by<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Znoska, who is in the Vatican together with junior Catholic hierarchs from Belarus, asked Francis how to stop the ongoing war between Belarus&#8217; neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Belarus, you know very well that one should never shut the door to negotiations, that one should keep it open,&#8221; Francis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Readiness to listen and hear each other can yield good results, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged Belarusians to never lose hope and to believe in the victorious power of prayer, the only path to peace for believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ante_iozich_press_lukashenko.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk, Vatican have similar views on war in Ukraine \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 23, Pozirk. The positions of Minsk and the Vatican regarding the war in Ukraine are in \u201cperfect harmony,\u201d Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told Archbishop Ante Jozi\u0107, the outgoing apostolic nuncio to Belarus. \u201cOur views. . . coincide, especially on security &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/101783\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 19, Pozirk. Pope Francis has conveyed his greetings to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, Belarusian Bishop Andrej Znoska told Catholic.by. 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