Cardinal Husar Accuses Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow

Lubomyr Cardinal Husar

Function: Major Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine

Title: Cardinal Priest of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea

Birthdate: Feb 26, 1933	Country: Ukraine

Elevated: Feb 21, 2001	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal Husar Accuses Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow
Sept 12, 2004
Cardinal Husar was pessimistic. He said he was disappointed “by the position of the patriarch of Moscow, who continues to speak of the Uniates – a pejorative term – and refers to Eastern-rite Catholics as ‘a problem’'. The Russian patriarch, Alexis, opposed the Pope’s June 2001 visit to Ukraine.

(The Tablet, 3 November 2001) According to the Ukrainian cardinal, ”the closer we get to a solution of the problem between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox, the more excuses are found not to come to an agreement. Patriarch Alexis accuses Eastern-rite Catholics of using violence against Orthodox, but we are not aware of any such case. We have asked him to point out at least one, but he has not given us an answer”, the cardinal concluded.

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