VATICAN CITY – A special envoy from Pope Francis met on Dec. 17 with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Vatican said, following tensions between the government and the Church over the exiling of the archbishop of Minsk.
Reuters: Pope sends envoy to Lukashenko after exiling of Belarusian archbishop
This photo taken and handout on Dec. 16, 2020 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis, seated next to a Christmas tree, addressing a live-streamed weekly private audience from the library of the apostolic palace in The Vatican, during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.
