"My great predecessor of blessed memory Patriarch Josyf Slipyj,
having arrived in Italy after 18 years in prison and hard labor and
being witness to the destruction of churches on his native land,
decided to donate to our faithful and bring to the capital of the
Christian world, ancient Rome, near the UkrainianCatholic University, a
church of God’s Wisdom as a visible sign of the deeply rooted Christian
faith of our nation,” Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk said in a message to
the clergy and laity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church about
the nationwide pilgrimage to Rome, which is to be held from October 12
to 14, 2012.
