Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for world recognition of Holodomor famine
November 27, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has called for world recognition of the Holodomor (1932-33), the man-made famine in Ukraine under Joseph Stalin’s Soviet regime.
Over two dozen nations have recognized the Holodomor as a genocide.
“The world must recognize this tragedy to ensure that it does not happen again in other countries, that the murderous breath of red Moscow does not claim lives anywhere else ever again,” the Major Archbishop said in a statement for Holodomor Remembrance Day.
Referring to continued Russian attacks on Ukraine—including the firing of a new ballistic missile—the Major Archbishop added, “In the context of this week’s tragic events, we speak to the whole world: Ukraine stands, Ukraine fights, Ukraine prays!”
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