(Vatican Reuters = Yonhap News) Pope Francis delivers a lecture at the General Audience on Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square on the 23rd (local time). 2022.11.24 llun@yna.co.kr
(Vatican = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Soo-hyun = Pope Francis on the 23rd (local time), referring to the sufferings of Ukrainians in war, recalled the famine massacre caused by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the 1930s.
“Let us pray for world peace and an end to all conflicts,” Pope Francis said at the end of Wednesday’s general audience held in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
“This Saturday is the anniversary of the horrific massacre of the Holodomor, which was artificially caused by Stalin in 1932-1933,” said the Pope. Let’s pray for them,” he said.
Holodomor refers to the great famine of 1932-1933 when more than 3 million people starved to death as a result of Stalin’s demand for grain as well as seeds from Ukraine.
Despite some controversy, some countries, including the United States, Canada and Australia, have defined it as genocide, which means genocide.
Vatican News, the Vatican state media, said, “The Russian Empire (Czar) and later the Soviet Union tried to erase Ukrainian culture, language and national identity for hundreds of years.” It was the result of Stalin’s efforts.”
The pope has mentioned Ukraine in almost every public appearance since Russia invaded the country in February and has repeatedly warned about the dangers of using nuclear weapons.
Last month, the Pope called on Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time to end the “vicious cycle” of violence and death in Ukraine.
Finally, referring to the earthquake that hit West Java Indonesia two days ago, Pope Francis said, “Let us pray for those who died and were injured by the earthquake.”
celina@yna.co.kr
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