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Pompeo backs independence of Ukraine’s Orthodox church

By Joel Gehrke
Published October 19, 2018 11:28pm ET
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Pompeo backs independence of Ukraine’s Orthodox church
Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at the Volodymysky Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, on Thursday. The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate says it will move forward with its decision to grant Ukrainian clerics independence from the Russian Orthodox Church. | (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian Orthodox churches have the right “to govern their religion according to their beliefs, free of outside interference,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday.

“We support Ukrainians’ ability to worship as they choose and hope this will be respected by all,” the top U.S. diplomat said.

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