Within the framework of a working visit to Lviv region, President Poroshenko visited the presentation of the book Dialogue Heals Wounds written by Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Svyatoslav (Shevchuk). This is reported by the Head of State’s website.
Within the framework of a working visit to Lviv region, President Poroshenko visited the presentation of the book Dialogue Heals Wounds written by Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Svyatoslav (Shevchuk). This is reported by the Head of State’s website.
The idea of the book is to open the door to a dialogue between the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and society in Poland, since the Poles have little knowledge of Ukraine, Ukrainians and the UGCC.
“I am confident that through this dialogue, millions of people will get involved in these dialogues. And they will definitely become better,” said Petro Poroshenko.
At the same time, Petro Poroshenko noted that he had not yet read the book by His Beatitude.
“But I came here to receive it and read it,” said Petro Poroshenko.
“I want my nation and people to fear nothing. This, among other things, is what the book of His Beatitude Svyatoslav teaches,” the President said, adding that this book “will bring us closer to understanding and overcoming any number of problems between our States. “
“The states’ leaders, peoples and the Church must look to the future, leaving the past in history. And faith in the Lord, faith in Ukraine is necessary for all of us,” added the President and said that this book will be the first one he will read after visiting the Publishers' Forum.
Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) handed to Petro Poroshenko a copy of his book and signed it.
Dialogue Heals Wounds contains ten hours of interviews conducted by the head of the Foreign Office of the Catholic Information Agency Krzysztof Thomasic with His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Kszenjowice, near Zakopane.
The book raises questions about Ukraine today, Metropolitan Sheptytsky, the history of the UGCC and the challenges facing her in the modern world, Polish-Ukrainian relations, the Roman Catholic Church and relations with her in Ukraine, relations with Russian Orthodoxy and ecumenical dialogue.