Posted on 08/17/2021 6:20:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
US Jesuits defend Biden's fiasco as Indian Jesuits look for escape route
KABUL, Afghanistan (ChurchMilitant.com) - Indian Jesuits trapped in Afghanistan are warning of a Taliban manhunt launched to track down Christian clergy and foreign aid workers in the country.
The Taliban "have the list of all organizations and their profiles" and "in some places they have started door-to-door inquiries about the personnel of the organization," Fr. Jerome Sequeira, S.J. wrote in a desperate message sent to a private WhatsApp group Monday.
Father Sequeira (Gujarat province) and Fr. Robert C. Rodrigues, S.J. (Karnataka province) have appealed for prayer as they seek to evade the Taliban dragnet and escape to India.
Sources in Kabul said several Christian workers and Afghan converts from Islam have already received letters from the Taliban stating: "We know where you are, and we know what you are doing. We are coming for you."
"All night they've been awake, texting each other, praying. They know," the sources said.
Christians in the Crosshairs
Dr. Martin Parsons, former aid worker to Afghanistan, told Church Militant the Indian Jesuits were in a far more precarious situation than their Western counterparts or the Indian Hindus and Sikhs currently in Afghanistan.
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All Christians of whatever stripe in Afghanistan are in very deep trouble. Kyrie eleison.
Rosaries for the abandoned in Afghanistan.
Dont they both honor St Marx?
We don’t know anything about the politics of these men. There are some good Jesuits. And let us pray for them even if they’re bad Jesuits. Biden’s incompetence and fecklessness have put many lives in grave danger. Prayers for every Christian in Afghanistan right now, as well as for every person of good will.
Good Jesuits? Perhaps.
Misguided nonetheless. IMHO.
FATHER GOD,
We claim the Promises of protection in PSALM 91 on behalf of Christians, Jesuits and all who are being hunted down by the Taliban. Make them invisible to their enemies. May Your angels lead them to safety.
In JESUS NAME we pray. AMEN.
PSALM 91
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=NLT
We are witnessing the beginning of another holocaust and doing nothing. There is little difference between the Taliban and the fascists of the 1930s.
Amen
I am not being flippant, the possibility of martyrdom goes with the job.
Too many US Jesuits are “Liberation Theology Marxists”. One of their leaders was the psychopath Rev. Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass).
Others were in WOLA, EPICA, COHA, etc.
I wish them no horrible evil, but it would be no great loss to the Catholic Church.
There are some good Jesuits.
Not being snarky, but could you name one or two????
I am Catholic, just to clarify, loved Jesuits at one time,
but NO MORE.
Robert McTeigue SJ is good.
Joe Fessio SJ is good.
The late James Schall SJ was good.
Check any or all of them out on YouTube.
These men went to spread the word of God among the afghans. Whatever else we may think, we need to respect them for that.
I can respect that, but that’s as far as I’ll go. Every time I meet a Jesuit, they all have one thing in common. They are elitist and rarely humble. They act superior to others. I realize they are knowledgeable, but they irk me.
The Taliban would also make that claim.
unless you abide with health and prosperity "gospel"
Praying for our Christian Brothers and Sisters, trapped in that evil place.
May God grant them safety, comfort, a means of escape, and grace during this time of peril, in Jesus Holy Name.
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