Ukrainian Catholic Leader Denounces Pope’s Plan for Ceremony With Russian Family

From the Wall Street Journal

“I consider such an idea untimely, ambiguous, and such that it does not take into account the context of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine” – Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church regarding plans for the Way of the Cross in Rome organized by the Vatican that involve Ukraine and Russia

The article from the WSJ by Francis X. Rocca (April 12, 2022)

Sviatoslav prayed in Bucha for the innocent

His Beatitude Sviatoslav emphasized that he also prays for justice because “if this sin is not condemned, if this crime is not exposed, it can be repeated.” “Each of us could be in this mass grave,” he said.

https://uccmc.org/news/his-beatitude-sviatoslav-prayed-in-bucha-for-the-innocently-killed-ukrainians/