Remembering Genocide in Rwanda: Vatican Radio recalls how Pope John Paul II spoke out against it, referring to it as “genocide”

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By: Vatican insider staff

“John Paul II was the first head of State to use the term “genocide” in public.” As Rwanda marks the 20th anniversary of the massacre that swept across the country, wiping out much of its population, Vatican Radio aired a special programme recalling John Paul II’s condemnation of the atrocity. Continue reading