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Russia's Catholic archbishop has echoed condemnations of a March 22 terror assault which left dozens dead and injured at a Moscow concert venue, although a bishop from war-torn Ukraine warned the atrocity should also remind Russians of what his country was suffering at their hands.
"Our hearts are filled with horror and pain -- but we … (should) not forget our lives are in God's hands," said Archbishop Paolo Pezzi.
"The Catholic church in Russia doesn't speak out on sensitive issues, we still feel like we're in a ghetto, keeping quiet so no one will notice us."
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In a pastoral letter to the members of Russia’s small Catholic minority, the country’s bishops have recalled the statement by Pope Benedict XVI that the Church works best as a “creative minority.