The Head of the UGCC greeted Pope Francis with the first anniversary of the pontificate

Saturday, 15 March 2014, 16:21

"The whole people of God with great joy recalls the day when the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, "almost from the end of the world", was called by the Lord to fulfill the ministry of the Apostle Peter," - writes in a letter of greeting to the Holy Father Francis, Pope, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC. Congratulations are written on the occasion of the first anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Francis, who headed the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013.

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In the letter to the Pope the Head of the UGCC thanked for "such an important support for the Ukrainian people in the last few dramatic months."

His Beatitude Sviatoslav emphasized that the prayer of Pope Francis and his appeal to the international community to show solidarity with Ukraine strengthened the hearts of Ukrainian people with hope that "God is with us and speaks to us through the Bishop of Rome."

At the end the Head of the UGCC on his own behalf, on behalf of the bishops of Bishops Synod, the clergy, the monkhood and the laity of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, wished the successor of the Apostle Peter many years.

UGCC Department of Information