MOSCOW – Pope Francis on Jan. 3 accepted the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, who was banned from Belarus last year after angering President Alexander Lukashenko.
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(FILES) Pope Benedict XVI (L) talks with Archibishop of Moscow, Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz (R) in St Peter's square at Vatican on May 18, 2005, at the end of his weekly general audience.
