“before returning to Karaganda, where he continued ministering until his death.”
Not a pleasant place...
Makes me think of Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”. In that book, there is a character, Alyosha (Alyoshka), who is a Baptist (as opposed to being Catholic). He believes that being imprisoned is something that he has earned, since it allows him to reflect more on God and Jesus.
Imagine the comfort a man of this goodness must have been to the suffering, in Perm 35. With perhaps the worst challenge being the evil delight the organs took, in placing prisoners of conscience amongst hardened common criminals.
Cardinal beatified?
Doesn’t sound right.