08.05.2007, [18:55] // UGCC // RISU.ORG.UA
Kyiv – On 3-5 May 2007 in Sibiu, Romania, a meeting was conducted of members of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the heads of the committees for culture of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences. The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) was represented by Bishop Hlib Lonchyna at the conference, entitled “Proclamation, dialogue and witness regarding the challenges of secularization in Europe.”
Bishop Lonchyna presented the participants with the initiatives of the UGCC on the foundations and mechanisms of doing missionary work as an adequate response to the spiritual needs of the Ukrainian people.
“It was useful to exchange ideas regarding preaching Christ in society,” said Bishop Lonchyna. “Those who gave reports and those who participated in discussions analyzed the situation in Europe and tried to find ways to spread the Gospel in post-modern society which, on the one hand, lives as if ignoring the existence of God but, on the other hand, is looking for spiritual principles of existence. In a situation of such existing contrasts, the church should acknowledge the importance of a search for adequate language and not just speak in pious phrases.”
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