“I was very grateful for the opportunity to visit; obviously it was very moving to see some of the destruction, particularly to stand in front of a hospital that had been destroyed, those kinds of things are incomprehensible,” he said.
“I also participated in the funeral of three Ukrainian soldiers that were killed during the war, and it’s an almost everyday experience for the people of the Garrison church, so I came back encouraged by the spirit of the people, depressed by the inhumanity they’ve experienced, and anxious to try to encourage Catholics in the United States certainly to pray for peace, to support them in any way that we can, and also to look forward to the future when the situation might be more positive,” Broglio told CNA.
While in Lviv, Broglio toured Ukrainian Catholic University and spoke with Ukrainian military chaplains, some of whom were just recently returned from the front lines.
As head of the Archdiocese of Military Services, USA, Broglio offered a unique perspective to Church leaders in war-torn Ukraine.
“We have to take care of the people who are currently fighting,” Broglio said. “When I became a chaplain in 2008, I realized that my mission was to serve the men and women affected by war.”
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