Ukrainian bishops recall Holodomor
December 01, 2016
Ukraine’s Latin-rite and Eastern-rite bishops recently recalled the Holodomor, the 1932-33 famine and genocide in which millions of Ukrainians perished under Stalin’s rule.
“The ineffable suffering of our people was due to various godless ideologies,” the bishops said in a statement for Holodomor Remembrance Day. “Making joint efforts to clean our past, each of us must make a sincere examination of conscience, asking God to forgive the evil that had taken place, and may continue to take place in our lives.”
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Dec. 02, 2016 12:34 PM ET USA
Depending on the source, more people died in the Holodomor than in German concentration camps. Starvation is a particularly nasty way to manipulate a population. Why was it not until 7 November 2015 that a Holodomor Genocide Memorial was opened in Washington D.C.? Its opening was accompanied by statements of angst and hate published in the national media: "the wall will make a good hiding place for criminals at night" (paraphrase from memory), for example.
