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Mgr. Robert Zollitsch, President of the German Bishops Conference (Dbk), reacted “with great dismay” to the massacre in the Syro-Catholic church of Baghdad. In a release published yesterday, mgr. Zollitsch said, on behalf of Dbk: “We are deeply upset for this brutal attack and we pray for the dead and injured people who were peacefully gathered in the Church to celebrate Mass. We also sympathise with their mourning families and friends”. The President of Dbk invited the congregation to pray for Christians in Iraq and all over the Middle East: “Just one week ago, the Special Synod for the Middle East closed, in the Vatican, with an urgent appeal to peace in the region. Weapons must be silenced in Iraq and in the Middle East. I ask Christians in Germany to pray for the victims of Baghdad and for peace in Iraq”, went on Zollitsch, who asked the international community – especially the USA – and the Iraqi authorities to “firmly fight this consistent threat against Christianity in Iraq”.

© SIr - november 2th 2010