SW News: The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said in an interview with Vatican media, that only God can put an end to the war in Ukraine, which entered its sixth month. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said, "the mystery of evil... beyond all human rule and control, even beyond that of those who have provoked it. Only God can stop it.”

In the interview, the major archbishop stated that the Church stood with people throughout the troubled times. They stood to deliver humanitarian aid, including arranging transport for those who needed evacuation, food for the needy, and churches were opened to offer shelter to the displaced masses. Major Archbishop Shevchuk continued saying that the Church unanimously responded to the needs of the people.

The top Ukrainian prelate also expressed gratitude more than once to the Holy Father for interceding for his countrymen and showing solidarity. He said the war in Ukraine affects not only Ukrainians but the entire world. The archbishop stated that the Pontiff understood the troubles of the war-ravaged people and asked the whole world to pray for them.

His Beatitude also thanked Europeans for their openness to providing shelter for homeless Ukraine. Even though there are refugee camps opened for Ukrainians in Europe, many European families willingly opened their hearts first, then the doors of their homes, said the prelate. He gratefully remembered those hearts and prayed to the Lord to bless all those who were able to lend their helping hands to Ukrainians.

The Pontiff had several times appealed for peace and fraternity in war-torn Ukraine. In his Angelus address on March 20, the Pope described war as a barbaric, inhuman, abhorrent and sacrilegious act, that is opposing to the "sacredness of human life, especially against defenseless human life, which should be respected and protected, not eliminated, and which comes before any strategy!"