Cardinal Bertone Arrives in Belarus

On Friday the cardinal will meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov, and Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities Leonid Gulyako.

In the afternoon he will deliver a lecture at the Belarusian State University on "Faith and Mind: The Ways to Talk About God for a Modern Person."

During the course of the short trip the cardinal will is expected to meet with President Alexander Lukashenko. He will also meet with Orthodox Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Sluzk.

The program for the weekend includes a meeting with the bishops' conference of Belarus, a visit to Minsk Cathedral of St. Symon and Alena, a ceremony at a Church under construction in the capital and a meeting with youth.

The cardinal will also travel to Pinsk, where he will visit the Assumption of Virgin Mary Cathedral, the St. Thomas Aquinas's Higher Theological Interdiocesan Seminary.

In Grodno he will visit St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral.

On Sunday, the secretary of state will lay a wreath to the memorial in Victory Square in Minsk before presiding at a midday Mass at the Minsk Archcathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

News by ZENIT

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