A news article dated December 2023 reporting Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk's statement, invoking canon 1492 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, that the Vatican's declaration on same-sex blessings concerns purely the Latin Church, and quoting Shevchuk that the church's blessing cannot in any way contradict the teaching of the Catholic Church about the family as a faithful, indissoluble and fruitful union of love between a man and a woman.
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Citation
PublisherCrux
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2023/12/top-ukraine-prelate-says-vat-doc-on-same-sex-blessings-applies-only-to-latin-church
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Independent Catholic news journalism corroborating Catholic World Report's account of the same statement. NotesCited for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's sexuality-position, marriage-position and both their details, corroborating Catholic World Report.
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