Benedict XVI receives Cardinal Delly

Benedict XVI has received Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans this morning, precisely when attacks against the Christian world in Iraq have restarted. The Iraqi Christian community continues to remain under attack with the most recent twin bombings against Christian places of worship in the city of Mosul. Yesterday morning, two individual bombs hit the Church of St. Ephrem and the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine. The church has been completely destroyed. And the convent of the Sisters reported damage, although for the moment there are no further details on the degree. Local Christian sources, originating from Western news agencies, said that these a ...

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