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Priest from Nineveh: 'Christianity is finished in Iraq'
Elise Harris
Rome, Italy, Aug 8, 2014 / 04:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest hailing from what used to be Iraq’s largest Christian city has lamented the exodus of over 100,000 Christians from the city, many of whom are fleeing on foot with no food, money or water.
“Today the story of Christianity is finished in Iraq,” said a priest who identified himself as Fr. Nawar.
“People can’t stay in Iraq because there is death for whoever stays,” told CNA Aug. 8.
A priest who has been living and studying in Rome for the last three years, Fr. Nawar is originally from the Iraqi city of Qaraqosh (Bakhdida) on the plains of Nineveh, which was considered the Christian capital of the country until the Kurdish military forces known as the Peshmerga withdrew from it.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/priest-from-nineveh-christianity-is-finished-in-iraq-70940/