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With Vatican FM in Belarus, pope urges respect for protests

| September 13, 2020 4:03 PM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged political leaders to listen to protesters and heed their calls for political and social change, an apparent reference to protests in Belarus against the country's authoritarian president.

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