Funeral for Father Ragheed Ganni
1972 - 2007
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Assyrian Priest
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Posted on 06/06/2007 1:51:01 PM PDT by NYer
CNA).- On the same day as Father Ragheed Ganni’s funeral, Muslim fundamentalists sent another message of hatred to Catholics, this time attacking two churches in Iraq. Fr. Ragheed, along with three deacons were killed just this past Sunday after they had finished celebrating Mass.
According to the AINA news agency, two churches were attacked in the Baghdad district of Dora. At St. John the Baptist’s in Hay Al-Athoriyeen, several security guards who protect the church were killed, and St. Jacob’s in Hay al Asya was vandalized and forcibly turned into a mosque. St. Jacob’s had previously been attacked in October of 2004.
The attacks coincided with the funeral Mass for Father Ganni which was being celebrated in Karamles by Archbishop Faraj Rahho of Mosul amidst tight security. The minister of finance of the regional Kurdish government, Sarkis Aghajan, attended the service.
On June 7 in Rome Msgr. Philip Najim, procurator of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans, will celebrate a Mass in memoriam of Father Ganni and the three deacons who were killed with him.
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Assyrian Priest
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Chaldean priest kidnapped in Baghdad
Islam is the religion of peace?
If you believe that I have a bridge or twenty to sell you.
On June 7 in Rome Msgr. Philip Najim, procurator of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans, will celebrate a Mass in memoriam of Father Ganni and the three deacons who were killed with him.
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Yet are troops are supposed to respect the supposed sanctity of a mosque despite the terrorists hiding inside it.
We need a “Take the gloves off” campaign started.
Why is this happening when there are 150,000 US troops in the region?
Aren’t we going to defend freedom of religion?
That new mosque needs to be cleansed with raining steel and fire.
I wonder how many Catholic GI’s gave their lives to liberate Iraqi Muslims...
shaking my head...
When is GWB going to take the Iraqi leadership to task about this...
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Wait till all the freaks show up and fill the new mosque for their service and then just flatten it!!!!!
Another example of how this war has failed to bring about the intended results. Christians were actually more secure under Saddam than they are under the current “democratic” government in Iraq.
i LIKE that!!
This might be futile of me to ask but...where’s the MSM?
My sons and brother went over there and they destroy one of our Churches?
Incredible.
I agree. Any mosque harboring terrorists should be flattened. Period.
this is what happens when you go to war to “win hearts and minds”. Go to war to win. Let the missionaries win their hearts and minds and stop forcing our military to “respect” a religion that kills its own.
Needs repeating.
Because they have a wuss as Commander-in-Chief.
I think you just answered your own question.
Absolutely disgusting. They will roast in you know where.
I'm all for limiting immigration, but I think we should get the remaining Catholics out of there.
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