Greek Catholic Center Won't Move to Kyiv before Fall
Lviv - The transfer of the administrative center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from Lviv to Kyiv "will happen between August and, at the latest, November of this year." So said Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the UGCC, during at press conference on 13 May 2005 . He added that the transfer will happen quietly, without any special celebrations.
The Greek Catholics of Ukraine are expecting the support of Pope Benedict XVI. According to Cardinal Husar, the Pope knows well the church life of Ukraine and the plans of the UGCC to obtain the status of a patriarchate. In the Vatican , this question is assessed "in total as positive," according to the cardinal, though the advice is to wait until the proper moment.
"I had the opportunity to meet with the Holy Father and he clearly said to let the matter ripen, so that it can continue moving further," said the cardinal. "There is no special date. First of all, the center of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate has to move to Kyiv and then we will see what will happen next."
Source: www.risu.org.ua
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