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  • Pope prays for victims of 1932-33 Ukrainian famine (graphic images)

    11/24/2008 1:53:52 PM PST · by NYer · 3 replies · 690+ views
    CNS ^ | November 24, 2008 | John Thavis
    VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the victims of the 1932-33 "Great Famine" that left millions dead in Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Union. In an apparent reference to the Soviet policies of collectivization and food confiscation that provoked the famine, the pope condemned ideologically based governmental actions that violate basic human rights. He made the remarks at a noon blessing at the Vatican Nov. 23, at a time when many Ukrainians were commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, or "death by hunger," the name given to the famine that occurred in the Soviet...