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Pope Leo XIV receives Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk

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Pope Leo XIV received Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, for a private audience at the Apostolic Palace on Friday, October 23.

Shevchuk thanked the Pope for his prayers and for the Vatican's humanitarian diplomacy. He also provided the Pope with a new list of prisoners of war to assist the Church's efforts to secure the release of prisoners and illegally detained hostages.

The Pope thanked the bishops, priests, monastics, and faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for their witness of faith during the war. Shevchuk offered the Pope the prayers of Ukrainian Greek Catholics as the Pope continues to recover from thoracic surgery.

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Earlier version, Monday 26 October

Pope Leo XIV receives head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

How the coverage unfolded

  1. Oct 23, 4:10 AM Vatican News Lietuvių Popiežiaus audiencija Ukrainos graikų apeigų katalikų vadovui
  2. Oct 23, 5:35 AM Vatican News Latviešu Pāvests tiekas ar Ukrainas Grieķu katoļu Baznīcas vadītāju
  3. Oct 23, 11:41 PM Vatican News BE Леў XIV прыняў кіраўніка Украінскай Грэка-Каталіцкай Царквы
  4. Oct 24, 2:31 AM Vatican News العربية البابا يستقبل رأس كنيسة الروم الكاثوليك في أوكرانيا
  5. Oct 24, 3:10 AM Catholic World News Ukrainian Catholic leader thanks Pontiff for support, gives him prisoners' list (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
  6. Oct 26, 1:35 AM TK KBS Slovenčina Svätý Otec Lev XIV. ocenil svedectvo viery ukrajinských gréckokatolíkov

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