Syriac Catholic Archbishop Yousif Abba of Baghdad, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan and Bishop Yousif Habash of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Epachy are seen July 24 at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Syriac CatholicChurch in El Cajon, Calif. (CNS photo/Denis Grasska, The Southern Cross).

By Denis Grasska  • Catholic News Service • Posted August 16, 2017

EL CAJON, Calif. (CNS) — The Syriac Catholic patriarch doesn’t mince words about the ongoing violence and unrest in the Middle East.

Nor does he shy away from calling out the West for not doing enough to protect Christian minorities.

“I can tell you, we’ve been not only abandoned by the Western countries, but even we have been betrayed,” Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan told The Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego.

He made the comments in a recent interview at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Syriac Catholic Parish in El Cajon.

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