German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller is on a visit to Lviv. Today, on March 7, he visited the City Hall and met with Mayor Andriy Sadovyi.
The mayor of Lviv presented the UNBROKEN ecosystem, where people from all over Ukraine who suffered from Russian aggression are treated and rehabilitated. These are military and civilians, adults and children.
“UNBROKEN is a truly unique project. Today, Lviv is safer than other cities. And we want similar projects to appear in other regions of our country,” said Andriy Sadovyi.
In addition, during the meeting, they talked about the war in Ukraine and the situation in Lviv in particular.
“My friends warned me that it was dangerous to go to Ukraine. But Christ said that a good shepherd has no right to run away when he sees a wolf,” said the Cardinal.
The mayor thanked the guest for his visit and for his principled position in defending Christian values. “We follow your interviews, your publications. There is good and there is evil – there cannot be anything in between. You have to have the courage to tell the truth. You have this courage. So thank you very much,” said Andriy Sadovyi.
The mayor also added that Lviv is an example of good cooperation between Christian denominations. “Lviv is a unique city, we have very good cooperation between Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants. We want to set an example, because there is one God and we are all Christians,” emphasized Andriy Sadovyi.
By the way, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller is in Lviv as part of the anniversary conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Theological Society in Lviv and the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Roman Catholic Theological Society in Ukraine.
Gerhard Ludwig Müller is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Science and Faith at the Holy See.
He was born in 1947 in Finten, a district of Mainz, in what was then West Germany. After graduating from the Episcopal Willigis School in Mainz, he studied philosophy and theology in Mainz, Munich, and Freiburg (Germany).
In 1977, he received his doctorate in theology.
In 2002-2012 he was Bishop of Regensburg.
He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017. He was chairman of the International Theological Commission, the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and the Pontifical Commission for Ecclesia Dei (2012-2017).
He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2014.
On June 21, 2021, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.