Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - Autonomous?

[Aramis]

Interesting. I was anticipating someone (possibly) saying just the opposite.

Just look at the way the Russian Patriarchate treats the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an autonomous church within the Autocephalous Russian Orthodox Church. Its on par with the way the Ruthenian Metropolia was handled at its worst, and then some. But then, the notion of Sui Iuris churches really is an outgrowth of Vatican II; pre V-II, they weren’t.

I’m a child of the Post Vatican II era; I acknowledge that what was before was less than most Autonomous Orthodox Churches, but by the same token, since, Rome’s been consistently restoring rights and privileges. (Actually, the restorarion starts with Pope St. Pius X… and continues to this day.)

 

[Vico]

The Congregation for the Oriental Churches began as part of the * Congregatio de Propaganda Fide pro negotiis ritus orientalis*, established by Pope Pius IX on January 6, 1862 with the Apostolic Constitution * Romani Pontifices.* Pope Benedict XV declared it independent on May 1, 1917 with the Motu Proprio * Dei Providentis* and named it * Congregatio pro Ecclesia Orientali*. Pope Paul VI with the Apostolic Constitution Regimini * Ecclesiae Universae* of Augsut 15, 1967 changed the name to * Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus*.

As an institution this Dicastery received from the Supreme Pontiff the mandate to be in contact with the Oriental Catholic Churches for the sake of assisting their development, protecting their rights and also maintaining whole and entire in the one Catholic Church, alongside the liturgical, disciplinary and spiritual patrimony of the latin rite, the heritage of the various Oriental Christian traditions.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c...filo/rc_con_corient_pro_20030320_profile.html