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Kabul: Trapped Jesuits Risk Taliban Manhunt
Church Militant ^ | 8/17/21 | Jules Gomes

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at churchmilitant.com ...


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1 posted on 08/17/2021 6:20:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

All Christians of whatever stripe in Afghanistan are in very deep trouble. Kyrie eleison.


2 posted on 08/17/2021 6:32:24 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: marshmallow

Rosaries for the abandoned in Afghanistan.


3 posted on 08/17/2021 6:34:22 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: irishjuggler

Dont they both honor St Marx?


4 posted on 08/17/2021 6:41:09 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: marshmallow
As a Practicing, Believing Cathoic, God equipped you with a brain. If you've chosen to stay in Trahscanistan, despite four months of warning, you're choosing to give up your life, quite possibly in the most violent manner imaginable.
Don't ask others to pray for your survival, pray for your entry in heaven.
5 posted on 08/17/2021 6:59:02 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

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.


6 posted on 08/17/2021 7:03:14 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

Good Jesuits? Perhaps.

Misguided nonetheless. IMHO.


7 posted on 08/17/2021 7:25:52 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: marshmallow

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


8 posted on 08/17/2021 7:31:26 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: marshmallow

We are witnessing the beginning of another holocaust and doing nothing. There is little difference between the Taliban and the fascists of the 1930s.


9 posted on 08/17/2021 7:41:21 PM PDT by Vercingetorixbc (Veni, Vedi, Butti - I came, I saw, I kicked butt)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Amen


10 posted on 08/17/2021 8:09:30 PM PDT by SisterK (Maranatha)
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To: marshmallow

I am not being flippant, the possibility of martyrdom goes with the job.


11 posted on 08/17/2021 8:10:28 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: marshmallow

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.


12 posted on 08/17/2021 11:37:05 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I wish them no horrible evil, but it would be no great loss to the Catholic Church.


13 posted on 08/17/2021 11:44:36 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: irishjuggler

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.


14 posted on 08/17/2021 11:50:11 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Maris Crane

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.


15 posted on 08/18/2021 12:05:12 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: FamiliarFace; irishjuggler; Wilderness Conservative

These men went to spread the word of God among the afghans. Whatever else we may think, we need to respect them for that.


16 posted on 08/18/2021 12:46:42 AM PDT by Cronos ( One cannot desire freedom from the Cross, especially when one is especially chosen for the cross)
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To: Cronos

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.


17 posted on 08/18/2021 2:50:44 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Cronos

The Taliban would also make that claim.


18 posted on 08/18/2021 4:30:46 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Fai Mao
the possibility of martyrdom goes with the job

unless you abide with health and prosperity "gospel"

19 posted on 08/18/2021 5:33:17 AM PDT by SisterK (Maranatha)
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To: irishjuggler

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.


20 posted on 08/18/2021 6:15:51 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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