Bishop Audo: Easter Prayer in Aleppo in Memory of Bishops Missing Six Years

There is no news of the Syro-Orthodox Msgr. Yohanna Ibrahim and the Greek Orthodox Msgr. Boulos Yaziji. For the prelate "there are no certain signs of their presence" or "communication channels in place". He launches an appeal to the West: to support peace in Syria and the Christian presence in the country. The memory of the Federation of Arameis (Syriacs) in Switzerland.

Aleppo (AsiaNews) - At Easter the Christian community of Aleppo recalled "with prayer" Msgr. Yohanna Ibrahim and Msgr. Boulos Yaziji, the two bishops kidnapped in April 2013 whose fate is shrouded in mystery.

Speakint to AsiaNews Msgr. Antoine Audo, Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo and former president of Caritas Syria, confirms that "six years after their abduction, there are no certain signs of their presence and there are no communication channels in place" with the group that took them.

On Palm Sunday, the prelate points out, the Greek Orthodox patriarch Yohanna X Yaziji (brother of one of the two bishops) "came to Aleppo to pray, as a sign of solidarity of the Church and of the whole Christian community" of the city. Moreover, he adds, "yesterday afternoon the Syro-Orthodox also promoted a moment of particular prayer for the two bishops".

"Every now and then - says Msgr. Audo - someone remembers them in prayer, but there are no official positions and the impression is that this is a forgotten story. There are no signs of presence, we have no elements that favor communication and absolute silence reigns over their fate. We continue to pray to keep hope alive, also because the faithful feel the urgent need for two pastors to return to take care of the local community".

Since 22 April 2013 there have been no reports of the two prelates, whose fate remains shrouded in mystery. An "abnormal" abduction.......

This article is making a good point, in recalling the missing Bishops, but it is very shy to mention who it was that took them.

Probably, because Western-backed jihadists attacking the Syrian govt, and kidnapping innocent Bishops, doesn’t sound very nice.

2 posted on 04/25/2019 11:58:49 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)

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