A review of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic catechism

The blog Orthocath has a review of the UGCC's new catechism. A lot has been discussed online about what it has to say about infallibility and ecclesiology. There was a lot of hope that this catechism would finally show the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to be an "Orthodox Church in communion with Rome" (aka the "bridge between East and West"), but many of the selections I have seen show this document to represent a decided fidelity to Rome's preeminence where many had hoped for an affirmation of the primacy of synodality.

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch Shevchuk

In June of this year, after ten years of preparation, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) –an Eastern Catholic Church in union with the Pope of Rome– released its first official Catechism. Entitled Christ our Pascha, it received the unanimous support of all the Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and also was reviewed by the Eastern Congregation in Rome before publication. A description of the development process by the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission can be read here. Translation into other languages is proceeding, including Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and English.

There was some speculation that the new Catechism might present some nuanced understandings of some of the issues that divide the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, especially with regards to the role of the papacy. However, some rough, unofficial translations of key paragraphs in the new UGCC Catechism indicate that this is not a breakthrough document that might suggest a way to resolve the doctrinal differences...

Complete article blog post here.