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Pope Leo XVI greets Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut during the pontiff's general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2026. Poczobut, a Catholic dissident, returned to Belarus Sept. 8, after five months in exile in Poland, saying he was prepared to risk arrest and urging Western Catholics to remember Christians imprisoned by the Alexander Lukashenka regime. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo)

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After papal audience, Catholic dissident Poczobut heads back to Belarus

Jonathan Luxmoore|Sep 9, 2026|5 Min Read

Henadz Fiadynich, one of the prisoners recently released from Belarus, speaks during a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 12, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)

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Jailed Catholic priests 'used as hostages' in Belarus

Jonathan Luxmoore|Sep 18, 2025|6 Min Read

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