Monsignor Najeem Phillipe speaks about the great fear that winds among Christians
ROME, Friday, August 25, 2006 (ZENIT.org) .- One of the more 'complicated war in Iraq and 'the effect it has on the innocent such as, for example, when churches become targets instead of huts, peace. The
August 15, Father Hanna Saad Syrop and ' was kidnapped in Iraq while returning to his home after celebrating Mass. A month later, another priest has vanished into thin air and long before the same fate was touched to a Syrian Bishop.
Monsignor Phillipe Najeem, representative of the Chaldean Patriarchate of Baghdad to the Holy See , expressed in ZENIT his concern for the Iraqi Christian community in this climate of unrest and violence.
"We are very concerned about the situation and what 'is happening can harm to our communities' - Chaldean or not, Catholic or not - "said Monsignor Najeem. "This kidnapping of priests and religious people is a new element, along with the bombing of churches or mosques."
The Chaldean Catholic community and 'the largest Christian community in Iraq. Currently, Iraqi Christians fear they could become targets of attacks targeted because they always played a decisive role in the life of the country.
"But there are real reasons for such actions - says Archbishop Najeem -. It 's a very confusing situation that seems to have been organized by some extremist groups who seek to create chaos in our country and make people suffer even more '. "
Najeem Bishop then appealed to the kidnappers of the Chaldean priest. "We ask the kidnappers to use their conscience and liberate his father Saad - continued -. It 's a wonderful priest who has always served his community' and His Church and that has nothing to do with the political situation. "
And even more 'important, Monsignor Najeem, this young priest' and 'Iraq and now we need each Iraqi to build a new Iraq - we are a people -. We must seek a new future together with our children. "
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