Verkhovna Rada Chair Parubiy thanks Cardinal Pietro Parolin for support of Ukraine

2017/6/13 22:56:46

Parubiy expressed thanks to Roman Catholics in general and to Pope Francis in particular for strong humanitarian support to victims of the Russian aggression in Donbas during a meeting with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, generally regarded as the second most important official in the Roman church.

 


From RISU:

 

On June 5, this year, Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament Andriy Parubiy met with Secretary of State of the Holy See (Head of Government) Cardinal Pietro Parolin during a visit to Vatican City.

 

The meeting discussed a wide range of issues such as interfaith dialogue and the strong humanitarian initiative of Pope Francis - “Pope for Ukraine” - which has been and remains an important gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

 

Parubiy thanked the Vatican and personally Pope Francis for a strong humanitarian support to victims of the Russian aggression in Donbas.

 

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*The article above appears through courtesy of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Access RISU at http://risu.org.ua/en/index

 

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