Nuncio Gugerotti paid tribute to Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred

Today, on February 18, on the anniversary of commemoration of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine Claudio Gugerotti commemorated those deceased for our country’s dignity by laying flowers at the cross on Institutska street (now the street of the Heroes of Heavenly Hundred) and by prayer in the chapel dedicated to the heroes.

“The first thing I intended to do is to honor those who died for the ideal,” the Nuncio said. “In this world one of the most difficult things is to have an ideal. Sometimes it seems that money is the only ideal in this world. But there are also people today who dream of something greater and better for their nation. It is very important for the whole world, the Church, and also for us believers because we are taught that there are different values - spiritual ones – in this world.”

After honoring the Heroes, the Nuncio assured journalists that he would soon meet with Pope Francis and report to him on the situation in Ukraine.

It should be noted that Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti will go on a trip to eastern Ukraine soon in order to “let the people who live there feel they are not rejected.”