Ukrainian prelate praises new president
June 04, 2014
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The secretary-general of the synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has welcomed the election of Petro Poroshenko as the nation’s president.
“The new president is a practicing Orthodox Christian, who’s sympathetic to other churches and ready to organize national life in a new way,” said Bishop Bogdan Dziurach, according to a report by journalist Jonathan Luxmoore.
“The previous rulers supported one denomination, for their own interests,” the prelate added. “If a new government ensures freedom of speech and religion, listens to the nation and satisfies popular yearnings, it will meet democratic criteria.”
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Further information:
- Ukrainian Churches praise new president after landslide victory (The Tablet)
- Church leader welcomes Ukraine’s new president (CWN, 6/3)
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