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Article: POPE CALLS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO MARK ANNIVERSARY IN UKRAINE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 20, 1988
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II yesterday called for
religious freedom for Ukrainian Catholics in a letter marking the
1,000th anniversary of Christianity in what is now the Soviet Union.
"No one ought to consider membership in the Catholic Church as
incompatible with the good of the homeland and with the heritage of
Saint Vladmir," the pope said in a letter to Ukrainian Catholics
throughout the world.
Prince Vladimir introduced Christianity in Kievan Rus', the
ancient name of the Soviet Ukraine, with a mass baptism in 988 on
the banks of the Dnieper River.
"May your great numbers of faithful enjoy true freedom of
conscience and respect for their religious right to give public ...