Pope Benedict XVI names UGCC Primate a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI appointed His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.  Other appointees to this Apostolic See body are:   Archbishop Zbignev Stankevics of Riga, Lithuania; Savio Hon Tai-Fai S.D.B., Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples; Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller of Regensburg, Germany; Bishop Donald Joseph Bolen of Saskatoon, Canada. Additionally the Holy Father appointed some new consultants to this Pontifical Council and new members to the Congregation for Catholic Education. The Pontifical Council, established in 1960 as a Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, plays an active role in the Roman Curia. It fulfills a double mission by spreading within the Catholic Church an authentic ecumenical spirit in accordance with the decree Unitatis redintegratio of the Second Vatican Council and by developing dialogues and cooperation with other Christian churches.   Cardinal Kurt Koch has headed this council since 2010.

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