Cardinal Husar Prompted Pope to Convoke Assisi Event

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 Prompted Pope to Convoke Assisi Event
Sept 11, 2004
It was Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, archbishop of Greek Catholics of Ukraine, who suggested to the Pope the meeting of religious leaders to pray for peace, which John Paul II has convoked for Jan. 24 in Assisi. This is revealed in a letter of Father Virginio Bressanelli, superior general of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians).

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 8, 2002 (Zenit.org). In the text of the letter, published by the Vidimus Dominum news service of religious congregations, Father Bressanelli explains that the initiative was mentioned at the end of last October's synod of bishops.

Superiors general of religious congregations participating in the synodal assembly were dining with the Holy Father when Cardinal Husar joined them.

During the dinner, the archbishop major of Lviv of Eastern-rite Catholics suggested to the Pope that the 1986 prayer meeting of religious leaders, held in Assisi, should be repeated in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"After a minute of silence, [the Pope] gave his consent with a nod of the head and a soul-filled yes. A month later, during the Angelus of Sunday, Nov. 18, he called the meeting," explained Father Bressanelli, who was present at the dinner.

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