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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Mykola Bychok said he hopes the characteristics that make him unique in the College of Cardinals will benefit the Catholic Church and the Ukrainian people.
On the eve of receiving his red hat from Pope Francis and becoming, at 44, the world’s youngest cardinal, Cardinal Bychok told reporters Dec. 6 that his age is not that unusual in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to which he belongs.
For 70 years the Ukrainian church was outlawed and persecuted under the Soviet Union’s communist regime. Bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful were martyred, jailed or sent to Siberian gulags, he said. The faithful kept the church alive in the underground, and full freedom came only with Ukrainian independence in 1991.
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On the eve of receiving his red hat from Pope Francis and becoming, at 44, the world’s youngest cardinal, Cardinal Bychok told reporters Dec. 6 that his age is not that unusual in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to which he belongs.
For 70 years the Ukrainian church was outlawed and persecuted under the Soviet Union’s communist regime. Bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful were martyred, jailed or sent to Siberian gulags, he said. The faithful kept the church alive in the underground, and full freedom came only with Ukrainian independence in 1991.
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World's youngest cardinal speaks of coming from young church
Being the world's youngest cardinal at 44, Ukrainian Cardinal Mykola Bychok shared his insights as a member of a "young church."
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Lord, bless and save your people!
