[livius]

Thanks for posting this picture. I just pinged NYer for it - an article was posted by NYer about this yesterday.

This woman has such a kind face.

BTW, to our Protestant friends, Catholics are indeed upset about things like this. The majority of Christians who have been driven out of the Middle East have been Catholics of one kind or another (Maronites, etc.). When I lived in San Francisco, almost all of the corner grocery stores were owned by (Catholic) Christians from Ramallah - who had been driven out by the Palestinian Muslims.

I would suspect that the Vatican is attempting to be diplomatic in order to prevent the remaining minority from meeting a fate similar to Sister Cecilia's. That said, I too would like to see a more aggressive stance from Rome, because I think it would offer some protection to Christians in what are now Muslim lands.

[JMJ333]

I believe quite a few Lebanese Catholics have been driven from their homes as well. And of course there is the Sudan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, etc, etc...