This was His Beatitude Sviatoslav's reaction to Bishop Bychok's elevation to the cardinalate:
"Naming new cardinals is a personal and sovereign right of a pope. By nominating someone as a cardinal, he invites that person to become his assistant.
I received this news with great joy. We always rejoice when our bishops grow. Bishop Mykola is …
This was His Beatitude Sviatoslav's reaction to Bishop Bychok's elevation to the cardinalate:
"Naming new cardinals is a personal and sovereign right of a pope. By nominating someone as a cardinal, he invites that person to become his assistant.
I received this news with great joy. We always rejoice when our bishops grow. Bishop Mykola is one of the younger bishops of our Church, and we are only happy that the Pope has noticed him. This signifies that our Church is nominating new candidates for the episcopal order with great dignity and responsibility, representing the best of the Catholic episcopate in the world.
Our Church rejoices because it will gain another bishop who, apart from the Head of the Church, will competently appeal to the Pope and defend our Church and the people of Ukraine. Today, our episcopate, convened in the UGCC Synod of Bishops and comprised of bishops from around the world, is more united than ever. We have shown this through various crises that have emerged since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and we speak with one heart and one voice to Pope Francis, to the Catholic Church in the world, and to the international community. To have another such speaker with the possibilities of cardinal dignity, also in Australia, is not only a significant benefit for the UGCC, but also a wonderful grace of God for our nation and state."
This was His Beatitude Sviatoslav's reaction to Bishop Bychok's elevation to the cardinalate:
"Naming new cardinals is a personal and sovereign right of a pope. By nominating someone as a cardinal, he invites that person to become his assistant.
I received this news with great joy. We always rejoice when our bishops grow. Bishop Mykola is one of the younger bishops of our Church, and we are only happy that the Pope has noticed him. This signifies that our Church is nominating new candidates for the episcopal order with great dignity and responsibility, representing the best of the Catholic episcopate in the world.
Our Church rejoices because it will gain another bishop who, apart from the Head of the Church, will competently appeal to the Pope and defend our Church and the people of Ukraine. Today, our episcopate, convened in the UGCC Synod of Bishops and comprised of bishops from around the world, is more united than ever. We have shown this through various crises that have emerged since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and we speak with one heart and one voice to Pope Francis, to the Catholic Church in the world, and to the international community. To have another such speaker with the possibilities of cardinal dignity, also in Australia, is not only a significant benefit for the UGCC, but also a wonderful grace of God for our nation and state."
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