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Pope praises Ukrainian Catholics:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today, the Vatican released a letter sent by Pope Benedict XVI to Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians, recalling the forced fusion of Catholics into the Orthodox Church by the communist Soviet government in 1946.<\/p>\n

The Pope\u2019s message served to mark what he called "the sad events to which the cathedral of St. George at Leopoli was witness, in March of sixty years ago."<\/p>\n

In the letter, which was dated February 22nd, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Holy Father recalled the infamous March 1946 date, during which "a group of prelates meeting in a pseudo-synod which took upon itself the right to represent the Church, made a serious attack against ecclesial unity.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cViolence against those who remained faithful to the Bishop of Rome intensified,\u201d he wrote, \u201cgiving rise to further suffering and forcing the Church to descend once again to the catacombs."<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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