PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2014: Persecuted Christians in Iraq!

'...It's a tragedy ROME REPORTS witnessed firsthand. Iraqi Christians forced out of their homes under the threat of being killed. Just a few years ago, there were roughly 2 million Christians in Iraq.
Now there are less than 250,000. It was never easy to be Christian in the country, but even as a religious minority, Christians played an important role in Iraqi society.

Going back home, seems like a fading possibility. The aggression of ISIS terrorists still lingers in their memories. But despite all the violence, their faith is still very much alive.

"We have great faith in God, our Father, and we will keep it now and when we go back home.” 

"With the help of God, we keep hope alive. Above everything else, the hope of going back to Qaraqosh.” ...'

http://www.romereports.com/pg159573-people-of-the-year-2014-persecuted-christians-in-iraq-en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBVozsTJOQ#t=19

P.S. http://www.aina.org/news/20141213121242.htm

Dec. 22, 23, 24 : The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Raphael Louis Sako calls on Iraqi Christians to fast on Christmas Eve in order to implore the Lord for the return of refugees in Mosul and the Nineveh plains. At the same time, he asks the faithful not to organise "any worldly celebration" for Christmas and New Year as "a sign of solidarity with their displaced brothers and sisters, who are going through indescribable suffering."

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Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus