Heartfelt gratitude for his service and dedication to the renewal of the Catholic Church in Ukraine was expressed by Benedict XVI to Cardinal Marian Jaworski, archbishop of Lviv of the Latins, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. The Pope’s telegram of congratulations was read out at the start of the solemn mass that the Cardinal himself officiated to mark the occasion in the Latin-Catholic cathedral of Lviv (Lvov) on 21 August, in the presence of leaders of the various Christian churches in the country, some representatives of the government and local authorities.
