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Patriarch: pray for the liberation of Mosul

December 03, 2015

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, has called upon members of his flock to pray during Advent for the liberation of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain.

The Islamic State conquered Mosul, Iraq’s third-largest city, in June 2014, and two months later swept through the Nineveh Plain.

 


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  • Posted by: AgnesDay - Dec. 03, 2015 12:04 PM ET USA

    I think this is a wonderful idea for us to take up, as well.