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    Published: 2024-09-09
    Vol. 28 No. 2 (2021)

    Holy Father John Paul II and the hierarchs of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Church in the process of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation

    Roman Drozd
    Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
    Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
    https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.2.18

    Abstract

    The process of reconciliation between Poles and Ukrainians is hindered by the sense of mutual harm. The need to change this situation was recognised by Pope John Paul II, on whose initiative a dialogue took place between the hierarchs of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Churches. A gesture was made, and conciliatory documents were issued. Following the letter of the Polish bishops to the German bishops of 1965, they adopted the formula “we forgive and ask for forgiveness.” The hierarchs were followed by Polish and Ukrainian statesmen, some politicians, the clergy and the faithful. Much has been done, but the process of reconciliation is not yet complete. One obstacle is the habit of parts of Polish and Ukrainian society to see only their own suffering, and not the pain inflicted on the other side.

    Keywords:

    Pope John Paul II, Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church, dialogue, reconciliation, Poland, Ukraine

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    Drozd, R. (2024). Holy Father John Paul II and the hierarchs of the Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic Church in the process of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 28(2), 246–258. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.2.18

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