His Beatitude Sviatoslav Meets with the Papal Almoner After His Visit to Ukraine
On Wednesday, November 4, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with representatives of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity at the Vatican. The meeting followed the recent visit to Ukraine by the Papal Almoner, Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín.
Among those present were the Dicastery’s Secretary, Fr. Lucio Ruiz, and Under-Secretary Massimo Ralli. His Beatitude Sviatoslav was accompanied by Fr. Andriy Soletskyi, head of the Secretariat of the Head of the UGCC in Rome.
The Head of the UGCC expressed his gratitude to the Prefect of the Dicastery for his visit to Ukraine, as well as for the long-standing humanitarian assistance the Dicastery has been providing to the Ukrainian people amid the war.
The parties discussed the current situation in Ukraine, humanitarian challenges, and the pressing material and spiritual needs of people who continue to suffer from Russian aggression. His Beatitude Sviatoslav outlined possible areas for further cooperation between the structures of the UGCC and the Dicastery to support those affected by the war.
For his part, Archbishop Luis Marín shared his impressions of his recent trip to Ukraine and assured His Beatitude Sviatoslav of the Dicastery’s readiness to continue supporting Ukraine for as long as necessary.
The participants expressed their shared hope that the war in Ukraine would end as soon as possible and called for fervent prayer for the Ukrainian people, a just peace, and an end to their suffering.
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The Papal Almoner’s visit to Ukraine took place from October 27 to 30. Accompanied by Massimo Ralli, Undersecretary of the Dicastery, he visited several cities in different regions of Ukraine to convey Pope Leo XIV’s closeness to the Ukrainian people. Over the course of four days, the delegation traveled approximately 2,800 kilometers and visited twelve Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic charitable organizations in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Shchaslyve, Poltava, and Fastiv. On Wednesday, October 28, the Archbishop visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. That same day, he visited a Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish in the village of Shchaslyve in the Kyiv region. The trip was preceded by a humanitarian fundraising campaign among Vatican employees to support Ukraine.
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