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Cardinal Kasper is against Greek Catholic Patriarchate27.02.2004, [18:45] // UGCC //
Rome, Feb. 26, 2003 (CWNews.com) - Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has signaled clear opposition to the creation of a Ukrainian Greek Catholic patriarchate. "Nobody wants to see the true destruction of all that the Pope has built with the Orthodox churches," Cardinal Kasper said. He made that comment as he returned from a trip to Moscow, where he spoke with Russian Orthodox leaders about the possibility of a Byzantine-rite patriarchate for Ukraine.
Deputies to Ask Pope for Greek Catholic Patriarchate
27.02.2004, [11:45] // UGCC //
National Deputy Oleksa Hudyma of Viktor Yushchenko’s “Our Ukraine” faction on 25 February 2004 announced that a group of national deputies intends to go to the Vatican and ask Pope John Paul II to grant the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) the status of a patriarchate. Hudyma stated he received a blessing for this from Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the UGCC, and discussed this issue with other deputies in the Ukrainian Parliament.
Russian Ministry Returns 7 Frescos to St. Michael’s Church in Kyiv27.02.2004, [11:44] // news //
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation returned seven frescos which were lost during World War II and found in St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum to their legitimate owner, the Church of St. Michael in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on 24 February 2004. A joint Russian-Ukrainian commission has worked for two years to identify the frescos, which were brought to Germany after the war and then ended up in Russia.
Source: www.rosbalt.ru, www.korespondent.net
Cardinal Husar Responds about Greek Catholic Patriarchate
26.02.2004, [11:11] // UGCC //
Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, 25 February 2004, VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II wants to recognize a Ukrainian Greek Catholic patriarchate, but Vatican officials say he is unlikely to do so because of the negative reaction of the Orthodox churches and out of concern for Catholics in Russia. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Lviv, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), said, "I have absolutely no doubt the Holy Father would like to establish the patriarchate, but he also wants to keep the dialogue with the Orthodox open."
Armenian Apostolic Priest in Odesa to Dialogue with Christian Council26.02.2004, [11:09] // AAC //
Odesa -- During a meeting on 25 February 2004 in southern Ukrainian Odesa, Petro Martianov, pastor of the United Methodist Church “Holy Way” and secretary of the Spiritual Council of Christian Denominations in Odesa, and Fr. Abhar Glchian, pastor of the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Enlightener, agreed to discuss the plan of the Armenian Apostolic Church to join the council.
For Russian Orthodox, Greek Catholic Spread “Like Virus,” Says UCU Vice-rector25.02.2004, [18:43] // UGCC //
The Russian Orthodox Church considers the development of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) “like the spread of a dangerous virus.” This is according to Myroslav Marynovych, vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University and director of its Institute of Religion and Society in Lviv, Ukraine. On 25 February 2003, Marynovch gave his comments on the results of the trip of Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, to Moscow last week to discuss the development of the Roman and Greek Catholic churches in the lands of the former Soviet Union.
Rusyn Orthodox Bishop Complains About Religious Freedom in Ukraine25.02.2004, [18:39] // news //
Bishop Ahafanhel (Pashkovskyi) of Tavria and Odesa of the Rusyn Orthodox Church-Abroad (ROC-A) on 23 February 2004 complained about the decision of the municipal authorities in southern Ukrainian Odesa to give the ROC-A Church of St. Oleksii to the community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). He called this decision “humiliation of the faithful.”
Roman Catholic Bishop Criticizes State Vote against Return of Sevastopol Church
25.02.2004, [18:37] // RCC //
Simferopol- Odesa -- Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki of Odesa and Simferopol has criticized the standpoint of some deputies of the Sevastopol Municipal Council in southern Ukrainian Crimea who spoke against the return of the Roman Catholic cathedral, currently occupied by a children’s movie theater, to the local community. This news was reported on 23 February 2004.
Cardinal Kasper and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Discuss Greek Catholic Situation
25.02.2004, [18:36] // RCC //
Moscow -- During a meeting on 22 February 2004 in Moscow, Patriarch Alexis II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), and Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, discussed the problems in relations between the ROC and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). In particular, they spoke about the so-called “proselytism” of the latter in Russia and the CIS countries and focused on granting the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church the status of a patriarchate.
Copy Of Turin Shroud Returns to Lviv
25.02.2004, [18:34] // news //
Lviv – On 22 February 2004, the copy of the Shroud of Turin which has been in Ukraine for almost 17 months, returned to western Ukrainian Lviv. During that time it visited such cities as Lviv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Stryi and was venerated by thousands of Greek and Roman Catholic as well as Orthodox faithful.
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