Vatican criticizes the actions of Ukrainian authorities to destroy the UOC

02 October 2023 16:21
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Archbishop of the RCC Claudio Gugerotti. Photo: kellogg.ox.ac.uk Archbishop of the RCC Claudio Gugerotti. Photo: kellogg.ox.ac.uk

The prefect of the RCC commented on the persecution of the Ukrainian authorities against the UOC and the persecution of the vicar of the Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel.

On September 29, 2023, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches of the Roman Catholic Church, criticized the actions of Ukrainian authorities regarding the destruction of the UOC. He made this statement to a TASS correspondent on the eve of his elevation to cardinal.

According to Archbishop Gugerotti, authorities can only legislatively condemn individual members of the UOC who have committed specific crimes. He also emphasized that the entire Church cannot be destroyed due to the "political crimes" of its representatives.

"It is illegitimate to consider the entire Church a reality subject to destruction just because it allegedly had a more or less shared past with those who are now considered enemies," the Vatican representative was quoted as saying.

Regarding the criminal prosecution of Metropolitan Pavel, the deputy of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Prefect mentioned that the hierarch had worked extensively on the restoration of the monastery.

As reported by the UOJ, the Pope assured the Ukrainian Greek Catholics that he stands "with the Ukrainian people" in the conflict.

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