Ukraine at the Vatican

On Wednesday Pope Benedict XVI greeted His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, recently elected as major archbishop of the Greek-Ukrainian Catholic Church, who was present at the audience.
Speaking to the Archbishop , the accompanying bishops and faithful, the Pope assured them of his "constant prayer that the Holy Trinity may bring abundance, and confirm in peace and harmony the beloved Ukrainian nation".

"The Lord", said the Holy Father, addressing the new archbishop, "has called you to the service and guidance of this noble Church, which is a part of the people who for over a thousand years have received Baptism at Kyiv. I am sure that, illuminated by the work of the Holy Spirit, you will preside over your Church, guiding her in faith in Jesus Christ in accordance with her own tradition and spirituality, in communion with the See of Peter which is the visible bond of that unity for which so many of her children have not hesitated even to lay down their lives".