Pope Benedict speaks about the Holodomor

Kenneth Hynek • 24th Nov 2008 • Religion, Catholicism, Religion
Holodomor, Josef Stalin, Pope Benedict XVI, Soviet Union, Ukraine

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November marks the anniversary of the Holodomor, the Death by Hunger — the orchestrated famine that resulted in the deaths of millions of Ukranians in the early 1930s.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday prayed that no political ideology would ever again cost people their freedom and dignity, as he recalled the millions who died from famine in Ukraine and other Soviet regions under dictator Josef Stalin.

…The 1932-33 famine was orchestrated by Soviet authorities to force peasants to give up their land and join collective farms. Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of the Soviet Union, suffered the most.

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