{"id":29428,"date":"2013-11-25T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=29428"},"modified":"2013-11-26T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T21:14:21","slug":"patriarch-sviatoslav-shevchuk-offers-liturgy-at-st-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/patriarch-sviatoslav-shevchuk-offers-liturgy-at-st-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk offers Liturgy at St Peter&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Divine-Liturgy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29429 alignleft\" alt=\"Sviatoslav offering Divine Liturgy\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Divine-Liturgy-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Divine-Liturgy-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Divine-Liturgy.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainians offered the Divine Liturgy on 25 November with the special permission of Pope Francis at the altar of the Vatican Basilica. The Ukrainian Church is observing the 50th anniversary of the laying of the relics of Saint Josaphat, martyr for Church unity.<\/p>\n<p>The praying of the Liturgy in Saint Peter&#8217;s is a terrific sign of diversity and unity of the Catholic Church. The Byzantine Church exists in Rome, Catholic and Orthodox. The beauty of the faith in all its specificities.<\/p>\n<p>This week another group of Byzantine Catholics are meeting in Rome with their Patriarch and some bishops, that of the Melkites. A delegation from the USA just arrived in Rome today. The eternal city is being overrun with the Eastern Church.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Liturgy-at-St-Peters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29430 alignright\" alt=\"Sviatoslav offering Liturgy at St Peter's\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Liturgy-at-St-Peters-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Liturgy-at-St-Peters-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Sviatoslav-offering-Liturgy-at-St-Peters.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Two notes: 1) it is a rare circumstance that a bishop other than the Bishop of Rome offer Mass on the altar of Saint Peter\u2019s because it is a reserved altar. When John Paul was ailing we saw designated cardinals offering Mass at this altar. Recall that Major Basilicas belong to the Pope and have certain privileges; 2) In Church law and ecclesiastical custom (at the moment) the Ukrainian Church has a leader who does not officially carry the title of \u201cPatriarch\u201d; he holds the title of Major Archbishop \u2014and there is no canonical difference in titles, but\u2026\u2014 yet in a variety of places the Ukrainian faithful rightly use the term Patriarch as a few Vatican news agencies did today to relate the event. I hope that Sviatoslav will be granted the official use of the title of Patriarch, as he ought to have.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Josaphat, pray for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainians offered the Divine Liturgy on 25 November with the special permission of Pope Francis at the altar of the Vatican Basilica. The Ukrainian Church is observing the 50th anniversary of the laying of the relics of Saint Josaphat, martyr for Church unity. 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