Ukraine’s leading Latin-rite prelate discusses meeting with Pope
February 24, 2015
Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki of Lviv, Ukraine’s leading Latin-rite prelate, reflected on recent meetings with Pope Francis and curial officials that took place during the Ukrainian bishops’ recent ad limina visit to Rome.
Ukraine has 16 Eastern-rite ecclesial structures, most of them part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, as well as seven Latin-rite dioceses.
“We were very impressed that every cardinal, every bishop asked us about the situation in Ukraine, [assured] us of their prayerful solidarity,” said Archbishop Mokrzycki, according to a report from the Religious Information Service of Ukraine.
He added that Pope Francis
told us that he did not know about the tortures used by enemies towards our soldiers. He said he would talk with representatives of the world’s countries and will be asking their assistance so the war ended soon.
He asked us to tell all the faithful and all the laity in Ukraine that he remembers them in prayer every day, he stays beside us and will do everything to help us. Every hour, every day, if we have any problems, any request, we can always turn to him as a father, because he loves us, and he also said he would think about coming to Ukraine.
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