On 31 May, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, MSU, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyjv-Haliè (Ukraine), spiritual leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, from 1996 to 2011, died on May 31st. One of the longest and most important bishops of the “united” Catholic Church of Lviv and Kiev, in the delicate period of post-communism and the modernization of modern Ukraine.
In his telegram of condolence to Husar’s successor, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Pope Francis emphasized “his tenacious faithfulness to Christ, despite the hardships and persecutions against the Church, as well as his fruitful apostolic activity to promote the organization of Greek Catholic faithful, descendants of families forced to leave western Ukraine, and his efforts to find new ways for dialogue and collaboration with the Orthodox churches.”
