Patriarch Lubomyr: Ukraine was and will always be a part of Europe

On November 2, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Lubomyr, met with a deputy of the European Parliament and co-head of the parliament’s Committee for Supervising Elections in Ukraine, Pavel Koval. The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of integration of Ukraine in the European Union. 

“Ukraine has been and will always be a part of Europe. As for the European Union, it's more of an economic rather than cultural institution.  Therefore, we would like to see Europe rich spiritually and culturally. Many things coming to us from the West are not the best.  We would like to see Europe rich spiritually and with such a Europe we wish to cooperate,” noted Patriarch Lubomyr during the meeting.

During the meeting the head of the UGCC noted the courage of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who "was the only one in Europe who sought to defend Christian values in the EU. Whereas, such strong European countries like France, Germany, and Italy do not have that courage and because of that Europe has lost much due to lack of such brave people."

Information Department of the UGCC