Syrian prelate appeals for aid
July 23, 2015
The Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Aleppo, Syria's most populous city, has appealed for aid to encourage Christians to remain in the nation.
"At the time of this writing, Aleppo is undergoing a massive assault by jihadists, and bombs have been falling for hours," Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart said in a text published by Aid to the Church in Need.
"It is as if everything is being done to scare people and push them to leave," he added. "Must it be recalled that we have been fighting fiercely for years against this phenomenon of emigration-- which weakens us and which compromises the presence of the Church of the Apostles in the land that saw the very beginnings of Christianity?"
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