Roman and Greek Catholic Bishops gather in Lviv-Briukhovychi for joint retreat

On November 12 at the Higher Spiritual Seminary of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lviv-Briukhovychi began a joint retreat of Roman and Greek Catholic bishops. According to the Catholic Media Center, a majority of bishops from both rites came to the retreat. The subject of the event is “Give Us Faith.”

The retreat is led by Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz, Ordinary of the Diocese of Sandomierz in Poland, who has long worked in the Congregation for Eastern Churches.

This is the second joint retreat of bishops from Eastern and Western Churches in Ukraine. The event will end on Thursday, November 14, with a joint meeting of the bishops of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Churches in Ukraine.

On November 15, the 40th Plenary Meeting of the Conference of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine will be held in Lviv-Briukhovychi.