Posted on 09/13/2006 10:08:53 AM PDT by NYer
Baghdad (AsiaNews) – Fr Saad Hanna Sirop, the Chaldean Catholic priest freed Monday evening after 27 days in captivity, “was threatened and tortured”, another Iraqi priest, a fellow student, told AsiaNews. “He is really tired and exhausted. He was threatened and tortured. He’ll be able to talk about his painful and fearful experiences later.”
Father Saad was preparing to leave for Rome when he was kidnapped. He was coming to receive his university diploma after he obtained his theology degree three years ago at the Pontifical Urbaniana University.
“He is free and now is doing well. This is the only thing that counts,” said Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel II Delly. In expressing his joy for the “good news” the patriarch thanked “all those who worked to get Father Hanna released”.
A vast campaign was organised to get the clergyman freed. In addition to appeals by Patriarch Delly himself and the Chaldean bishops, Pope Benedict XVI joined the chorus of voices demanding Father Hanna’s release.
In a telegram to the Chaldean patriarch on August 20, the Pope made “a heartfelt appeal to the abductors to release the young priest at once so that he can return to the service of God, the Christian community and his countrymen.”
there is mo bottom to their depravity
Praise be to God, always!
Hitler, too, incarcerated and tortured Catholic priests during WWII. Facism and hatred for God's children has returned with a vengeance.
Prayers up for Fr. Saad......
OK We know there is no place for Iraqi Chritians in the present Iraq-----let them come here & Australia (as opposed to non-professional Muslims---do we really need 20,000 more Pakistani cab drivers?) where they have friends and relatives.
I was just reading about pre-Islamic Arab CHRISTIAN nations allied with the Byzantine Empire such as the Kingdom of the Ghassanids. There were also Arab practioners of Judaism. All were slaughtered by the IslamoFascists.
Nothing has changed in 1400 years.
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Good catch, I didn't notice it. It's amazing how often that happens, and it is an outrage.
Who ya gonna call? Human Rights Watch. Yeah, they'll take care of those war criminals.
Great news for Father Saad. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
We've got a Great Commission to fulfill. Torture and death won't stand in our way, God protect and rescue all concerned.
**Unlike the Fox News men, he didn't convert to Islam.**
I don't think they did either.
Interesting story given the tripe out of Rosy O'Donells mouth today.
Or even back to the days of Nero and the killings of Peter and Paul.
Father Hanna said the prayers for his release had united a divided Iraq, and that the prayers had been a miracle for him.
"From the moment I was kidnapped, I felt God was with me. I began to say: 'God, you are my protector. You will be with me in my pain,'" he told Aid to the Church in Need.
Father Hanna said he feels no hatred toward his abductors.
"I pray for them; I am continuing to pray for them," he said.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0605213.htm
Prayers never go unanswered. Thank you for remembering Fr. Hanna. God bless you!
Sadly, dear friend, they did and were given new names. I watched the interview last week with Greta Van Sustren of FOX News. They toned it down as much as possible to avoid antagonizing anyone but the bottom line is that guns were held to their heads until their 'conversion'.
What is most disappointing is that they have not yet renounced Islam and probably won't do so, thus sending a clear message to their abductors that this method of conversion is one that should be pursued. Look for more 'converts' in the near future.
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