Posted on 11/01/2010 5:53:37 AM PDT by tcg
They gathered in Our Lady of Salvation Catholic Church for an evening Mass. They are members of an increasingly besieged and forgotten minority in Iraq, Catholic Christians. Their herosm and love for the Lord has inspired them to continue to practice the ancient faith in the midst of what is a steadily deteriorating situation for them in this land they have called home for centuries.
Our Lady of Salvation Church is no stranger to violence. Churches have been bombed before in Iraq, including Our Lady of Salvation. The Christian faithful have had to contend with an increasingly hostile culture. However, never before have they experienced the horror of what happened this past Sunday when terrorists invaded a Church as the Holy Mass was set to begin, killed the priest and held the worshippers hostage for four hours. It ended with at least 52 dead, others injued, and our brothers and sisters in Iraq devastated.
Reports confirm that 120 of the faithful had gathered to hear the Gospel proclaimed, participate in the Liturgy, and receive the Holy Eucharist. There were women, men and children. One eyewitness who had been inside the Church when the terrorists entered the sanctuary told European news sources that the armed terrorists "came into the prayer hall and immediately killed the priest". Out of fear the witness would not identify himself. However, he also attested to the brutality of the terrorists. He indicated that they beat the worshippers and then herded them into an inner hall...
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These are not “extremist” muslims.
Whoa-ho! Suddenly Vlad Count Dracula is my hero!
Thank You!
No problem. This is where you set the record straight. If I didn’t address the issue, it wouldn’t open the door for you to do it.
I’ve got no axe to grind against the church per se. I’m not a Catholic and don’t agree with some of it’s teachings, but I’m not here to undermine it unfairly.
Really, you know what a waste of time facts are around here. Any thing that fosters anti-Catholicism is good. /so
Spent part of yesterday afternoon looking for updates on this, all to no avail.
They’re manmade disaster-ists.
Silly
Prayers for all concerned!
Is there a difference?
The extremist is the one that gets ya.
Or anti-Mormonism;
or anti-Judaism;
or anti- any belief that does not coincide perfectly with the haters!
“Good God. Isn’t this news?? Would somebody please tell Drudge?”
Don’t you know...only Muslim sensibilities and feelings count in our world anymore?/ sarcasm.
I was outraged at the LACK of reporting as much as you were. I think Yahoo news has been covering it pretty well though. (And I posted the link on my FaceBook page for all to hear about it.)
May these Martyrs pray for us!
You are correct.
Makes one wonder if we’re going to have to carry guns to church sometime in our lifetime. (I’m not counting on this Government nor the Lame Stream Media to help defend us. They’d probably secretly delight in it, to tell you the truth.)
“W” was wrong!!!! Check out my website for why:
http://dove-vi.tripod.com/
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