Head of the UGCC extends condolences to French people in connection with terrorist attack on CHARLIE HEBDO
"It is with great pain that I learned the terrible news about the terrorist attacks in France. On behalf of all the bishops and the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, I wish to join in prayer to the suffering of the families afflictedby grief and sorrow, to all the sisters and brothers of our beloved French people,” writes head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Patriarch Sviatoslav in a letter of condolences to Monsignor Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseille, Chairman of the Bishops' Conference of France.
"It is with great pain that I learned the terrible news about the terrorist attacks in France. On behalf of all the bishops and the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, I wish to join in prayer to the suffering of the families afflictedby grief and sorrow, to all the sisters and brothers of our beloved French people,” writes head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Patriarch Sviatoslav in a letter of condolences to Monsignor Georges Pontier, Archbishop of Marseille, Chairman of the Bishops' Conference of France.
The patriarch said that after the Revolution of Dignity Ukraine is also experiencing a period of terrorism that has been brought to ourpeaceful country by the ideology of invasion and domination of another country that does not accept our political and religious freedom of elections. As Christians, we can never agree to either isolated terrorist attacks or terrorism in any state.
“Strictly condemning this heinous act, I want to assure you, Your Excellency, of the Christian solidarity and moral support of our faithful in these extremely difficult times that our brothers and sisters in France are experiencing,” says the letter of condolence, as reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.
