Among American Catholic bishops, and there are 271 of them, there is not a single one who does not support Ukraine.
This was stated in an interview with LB by Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Philadelphia Eparchy in the United States. He noted that Catholic hierarchs in the US still remember well their confrontation with the USSR.
"They have no doubts. They grew up during the Cold War, they know what Russian communism is, and they see this as a direct continuation of a terrorist policy," the metropolitan said.
His Eminence Borys emphasized that Ukraine has undergone significant changes, which have been recognized worldwide.
"This is already a new country. Zelenskyy is no longer the Zelenskyy who once said, "What's the difference?" Terekhov, whom I visited in September in Kharkiv… I remember when I came to the Kharkiv Law Academy as the rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University. From Kharkiv's point of view, a Uniate priest was an incompatibility, you understand? And now I invite (Terekhov. — S.K.) to the Ukrainian Catholic University, where we have a strong leadership programme for veterans. The Mayor of Kharkiv comes, and we agree on cooperation and the transfer of experience. That is what a united country looks like," the metropolitan emphasized.
"It is a country that knows there is truth and there is falsehood in the world. In recent decades, particularly among leading intellectual circles, people believed: "There is no truth. There is your perspective and my perspective." This is what Pope Benedict called the "dictatorship of subjectivity". And we see how dangerous that is. When it was not acceptable to say that truth exists, that was yesterday — and you understand that all of this has now been deconstructed.
And Ukraine forces everyone — at least those who think — to think. This comes at a high price, but I want to begin by thanking you for making the world think. And I am convinced that truth will prevail," added Metropolitan Borys Gudziak.