{"id":135232,"date":"2025-04-22T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135232\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"archbishop-stanieuski-urges-belarusian-catholics-to-pray-for-late-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135232\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Stanie\u016dski urges Belarusian Catholics to pray for late Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 22, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Iosif Stanie\u016dski, archbishop of Minsk and Mahilo\u016d who heads the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus, has noted Pope Francis’s “diligent and sacrificial service to the church and all mankind,” catholic.by<\/em> quotes him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy encouraging the priests, monks, and all the people of the Church of God in Belarus to pray for the soul of His Holiness, we entrust our beloved Pope Francis to the merciful Jesus, confident, as he taught us, that \u2018everything is revealed in mercy and everything is decided in the merciful love of the Father,\u2019\u201d Stanie\u016dski said, urging believers to pray for the deceased pontiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, was elected pope in March 2013 and died yesterday aged 88. His health deteriorated in recent few years. In mid-February, he was hospitalized with severe bronchitis and pneumonia. The cause of death was stroke, followed by a coma and heart failure, Vatican News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pontiff called for the release of prisoners of war and political prisoners in the Urbi et Orbi Easter message two days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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