Christian Today – Christian families in Iraq are fleeing the northern town of Mosul in droves after a string of unprovoked murders left at least 10 believers dead, a ministry working with persecuted churches have reported.
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Catholic News Agency – Bishops in Iraq urge government to halt slaughter of Christians
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Spero News – The Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, published on February 26 a letter from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. to Nouri Kamil al-Maliki, prime minister of Iraq, expressing Pope Benedict’s concern over attacks against Christians there.
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Spero – Mosul – More Christian blood shed in Mosul in northern Iraq. This morning an armed commando killed a young university student and wounded a friend who was at the place of the attack. The umpteenth targeted attack against the community is just the latest in a long streak of blood, a short distance from where the double murder of two traders took place and the kidnapping of a man, on 13 February.
Pray, pray, pray.
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