Warsaw, Jun. 26, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Ukrainian Orthodox leaders in Poland have reached an agreement with the Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church on the ownership of 20 churches that were seized from the Byzantine Catholics by the former Communist government and handed over to Orthodox control.
Several of the churches will reportedly be restored to the Ukrainian Catholic community. One building will be shared by the two religious communities.
The Polish government has agreed to help finance the construction of new church buildings to replace those that will not be restored to the former Catholic owners, and those that will be ceded by the Orthodox to their former owners.