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Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, with Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of the Polish bishops conference. / episkopat.pl.Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 24, 2022 / 06:05 am (CNA).Catholic bishops in Ukraine and Poland said on Monday that rising tensions with Russia pose "a great danger" to the whole of Europe.In a joint message on Jan. 24, Church leaders appealed to governments to "refrain from hostilities" in Ukraine, Europe s second-largest country by area after Russia."The current situation represents a great danger for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the entire European continent, which may destroy the progress made so far by many generations in building a peaceful order and unity in Europe," said the appeal signed by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of the Polish bishops conference, among others.The