BELARUS: Will regime allow freed Catholic priests to return to ministry?

Two Catholic priests, Fr Henryk Okolotovich and Fr Andrei Yukhnevich, who were handed long sentences at closed trials, were pardoned and freed from labour camp early on 20 November. They were taken to Minsk airport and are now in Rome. State news agency Belta claimed both had committed "serious crimes against the state". Both rejected all the accusations against them. It remains unclear if the regime will allow them to return to Belarus and resume parish ministry. Deputy Plenipotentiary for Reli