An Australian Ukrainian perspective on Leo XIV

Religion specialist Noel Debien speaks with Eparch’s vicar general Fr Simon Ckuj, who accompanied Cardinal Mykola Bychok CSrR, Eparch of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Australia and Oceania to Rome for the conclave.

Cardinal Bychock was made the Catholic Church’s youngest cardinal by Pope Francis on 7 December 2024.

Father Ckuj relates what the appointment of Pope Leo means for Australian Catholics and particularly to the Ukrainian diaspora.