Archived News of 2005

His Beatitude Lubomyr’s title has changed to “the Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych”
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On August 21, 2005 one of the most important events in the life of the UGCC took place in Kyiv: the see of the Head of the UGCC was transferred from Lviv to the capital of Ukraine.

Catechism will help Ukrainian Catholics recover identity, bishop says
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The writers of the first comprehensive catechism for Ukrainian-rite Catholics hope it helps diminish the effects of the "Latinization" of the Byzantine church, said the bishop in charge of the project....

Polish and Ukrainian Hierarchs Release Joint Reconciliation Statement
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During a Liturgy held in Warsaw on 19 June 2005, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar and Roman Catholic Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl, head of the Conference of Bishops in Poland, released a joint statement on mutual forgiveness and reconciliation between the Polish and Ukrainian people...

The Issue of Marriage in Our Society : Letter From Bishop Lawrence Huculak, OSBM

I am writing to you on the issue of the Sacrament of Marriage - the gift of God that so many of you have offered to each other and are modeling in your daily lives. As Christ is to the Church --sustainer, lover and protector - so husband and wife are to each other in the Sacrament of Marriage...