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Belorussian bishops will officially invite Pope Benedict XVI to visit their country next year. They will do it on the occasion of their ad limina visit to Rome on 10 December. The news was released by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan of Minsk, in an interview with “catholic.by”. “Benedict XVI – said the archbishop – has already received two invitations to visit Belarus from President Alexander Lukashenko. The first was last year, when the president invited the Pontiff through his Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The second was this year on the occasion of his visit to Rome in April”. According to the archbishop, the most likely time for the Pope to visit would be spring or summer 2010. Besides visiting the capital of Belarus, the Pope will also have the chance to visit the national Shrine of the Mother of God in Budslau.

© SIR - oct 7th, 2009