UGCC head Sviatoslav on war in Ukraine, Pope Francis, and the Pan Orthodox council

2016/5/31 14:18:32

"My opinion is that the borders of Ukraine are internationally established," says the head of the leader of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church, "So it is not a discussion about the Ukrainian borders, it’s a question about an illegal annexation and occupation of the Ukrainian territory."

 

Photo: Pope Francis greets Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, at the Vatican March 5. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)

 


KYIV, Ukraine, May 29, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- It's a conflict that's been raging in Ukraine for two years, costing thousands of lives and displacing millions of people. But the international community seems to have largely forgotten about it.

And as one who's lived in the very heart of the crisis, the leader of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church has some ideas as to why.

“Very often in international society so-called 'rich countries' are very much concentrated in their own interests and their own life in their own international policy,” Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said.

And very often, “modern politicians would rather close their eyes” and pretend that a problem doesn't exist, rather than make a commitment to solve it, he said.

CNA sat down with his beatitude May 23 at his residence in Kyiv, where he opened up on a panorama of issues: the conflict in east Ukraine, to relations with the Orthodox and his friendship with Pope Francis.

 

For complete text of the article and the interview, link below:

http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Bl ... pan_orthodox_council.aspx

 

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