Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk: “‘Fiducia Supplicans’ has no legal status in UGCC”

Editor’s note: below is an unofficial English translation of the Communiqué of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on the reception of the Declaration Fiducia supplicans, originally published on December 22, 2023.
Kyiv
Ref. MA 23/326
22 December 2023 of the year of our Lord
Communiqué regarding the reception in the UGCC of the Declaration of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith “Fiducia supplicans” on the pastoral meaning of blessings.
In response to numerous appeals from bishops, clergy, monastics, church movements and individual laity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church regarding the Declaration of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith “Fiducia Supplicans” (18 December 2023) on the pastoral meaning of blessings, after consulting with relevant experts and competent institutions, I wish to inform you of the following:
1. The above-mentioned Declaration interprets the pastoral meaning of blessings in the Latin Church, not in the Eastern Catholic Churches. It does not …More