From Detroit Catholic:
– A Polish religious order has requested prayers from Christians worldwide for one of its senior priests, Oblate Father Andrzej Juchniewicz, who was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on unspecified political charges in Belarus.
“He’s the second priest to receive a heavy sentence recently, in what’s clearly meant as a warning to other clergy not to engage in any public activity,” said Father Marcin Wrzos, spokesman for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. “All we can do now is seek good Belarusian lawyers — people who’ll step up to the challenge of defending him. Beyond that, what’s most needed is prayer,” he said.