Shevchuk: Forgiveness and reconciliation can heal the historical memory of Europe's peoples
In Kyiv, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher met with the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who spoke to Vatican Media about the joy of welcoming the Pope's special envoy, as well as Cardinal Zuppi during his recent visit: "To pray together with the Holy Father's special envoys is to pray with the universal Church. For us, they are a visible sign of the Church embracing us."
By Roberto Paglialonga – Kyiv
"It is precisely in the midst of war that we rediscover the strength of prayer." Today, more than ever, there is a need for "forgiveness, both given and received, to heal the historical memory of Europe's peoples."
These were the words of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, speaking to Vatican Media after meeting Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, who is on the second day of his mission to Ukraine, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to the country, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas.
Archbishop Gallagher, Pope Leo XIV's special envoy for the celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of the reopening of the structures of the Latin Rite Catholic Church in Ukraine, which will take place on Sunday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Berdychiv, arrived in Kyiv on Friday evening after stopping at the Church of St John Paul II in Rivne, midway between Lviv and the capital.
Your Beatitude, how important is it at this moment to pray together and to feel the Holy Father's closeness through his representatives here—Archbishop Gallagher, who has come for the celebrations at Berdychiv, and Cardinal Zuppi, who visited just a few days ago?
In times of war, we rediscover the meaning and the power of prayer. To pray together is to find a space where wounds can begin to heal. Prayer is a balm, the healing grace of the Holy Spirit that reaches into the heart of a suffering person.
Praying together also means sharing gifts. Jesus Himself said, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." But praying together with the Holy Father's special envoys means praying within the heart of the universal Church; it means praying with the Holy Father himself. It means feeling embraced by a father.
That is why the presence of Cardinal Zuppi and Archbishop Gallagher is, for us, a visible sign of the universal Catholic Church embracing us and praying for us.
MOTHER MARY - Hail Mary Luke 1:26-39 Hail! Mary full of Grace the lord is with you blessed you among women’s and blessed you your thy womb Jesus, holy Mary Mother of God Pray for Our Sinners Now and the hour of our death, Amen………
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John 8:12 “I am the lights of the world, whoever follows me will have the light of life” 1John 4:8 "God is Love, and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him."
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