https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/09/16/dont-forget-iraqi-christians-says-priest/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.2 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/09/16/dont-forget-iraqi-christians-says-priest/#comment-22158 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:31:44 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=13664#comment-22158 Dominican sisters left Iraq with two-thirds of their number, after the ravages of Daesh, but returned eventually, and have begun to rebuild. These are people who need both funds and prayers. They are true heroines, entrepreneurs, and initiators for Christ’s sake, in the midst of persecution that has one aim: Islamic saturation. They need support in every way. While the church can ignore the pain because it lies outside the war zone and persecution, it cannot ignore the witness that these sisters provide so selflessly, knowing that one-third of r their own number perished; moreover, the church has a moral responsibility to look after its own in arenas such as this.

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