Below is the text of a statement by His Beatitude Sviatoslav and members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church following their meeting of the Permanent Synod held in Rome. The text was released in Rome on March 6. War is unbridled evil, a radical violation of the will of God. It brings…...

On March 5, Pope Francis received in a private audience Major Archbishop Sviatoslav, patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, and the members of the UGCC Permanent Synod. The pope was presented with a copy of the Ukrainian icon of Our Lady, the Door of Mercy.