Source: SIR
Monday January 7, 2008
“We do not know who the authors of these attacks are, but the think we are most worried about is the fact that, if they had been made just a few hours earlier, there would have been a horrible massacre. The Churches were full of devotees. These acts against Christian places of worship in Mosul and Baghdad have been coordinated, and this is sad news, which makes us uneasy”.
“We do not know who the authors of these attacks are, but the think we are most worried about is the fact that, if they had been made just a few hours earlier, there would have been a horrible massacre. The Churches were full of devotees. These acts against Christian places of worship in Mosul and Baghdad have been coordinated, and this is sad news, which makes us uneasy”.
Mgr. Francis Assisi Chullikatt, apostolic nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, in an interview with SIR, comments with these words yesterday’s terrorist attacks against seven churches and convents in Mosul and Baghdad, which luckily caused no victims but only material damage.
“It is clear – says the nuncio – that these acts have been coordinated: the patriarch Emmanuel III Delly had officiated Mass in the church of Saint George in the capital. The other attacked church is the church of Saint Paul in Mosul, where the bishop resides for security reasons. It is hard to say what kind of message the terrorists meant to give with these attacks. They showed they can hit easily and accurately if they want to. The Government is aware of all this, and we are very worried. What happened yesterday is sad news”.
