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To: Venturer; trisham
He is a Martyr in the same rank as the Martyrs who died in Rome at the Colliseum. he will receive his reward in Heaven and I pray God will look out for his family.

You are so right. This is martyrdom, much lik ...


Fr. Ragheed Ganni, 35, the pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit in the Nur district of Mosul, Iraq, and Subdeacon Basman Yousef Daud, Subdeacon Gassan Isam Bidawed, and Subdeacon Wahid Hanna Isho were forced out of their car, shot, and killed outside the Church of the Holy Spirit after celebrating Mass on Sunday, June 3, 2007. Subdeacon Gassan Isam Bidawed's wife was also pulled out of the car, but she was separated from the victims and witnessed the martyrdoms. The gunmen then placed bombs in the car, and because of safety fears, the bodies lay unrecovered until the police bomb squad arrived at 10:00 P. M.


Funeral Procession of Procession of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. Archbishop Rahho was kidnapped on Feb. 29, 2008. His body was found in March 2008 after his apparent kidnappers contacted the church and his relatives requesting ransom for his release.


Amir Khamis stands with her three children. Her husband was shot while tending sheep in August 2006. Shortly after the attack, he died from the gunshot wounds. The identity of the killer is known yet justice has not prevailed.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. These attacks are being carried out in India, Africa, Turkey, Egypt ... all over the world. Until it hits the US, most Americans will ignore it.

Persecution of Christians.

17 posted on 03/26/2010 9:43:56 AM PDT by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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To: NYer

Yes. Exactly right.


18 posted on 03/26/2010 9:46:29 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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