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Assyrian Orthodox priest murdered in Iraq


Father Youssef Adel was murdered in cold blood on April 5. Iraqi Christians in Iraq continue to to worry about radical Islamic aggression toward Christians of every denomination.

Catholic hierarchs were in attendance for the funeral: Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka, the Assyrian Catholic bishop of Baghdad, the patriarch of the Chaldeans, Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, the apostolic nuncio in Iraq and Jordan, and Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt.

HT: AsiaNews
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