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Prelate: 1/3 of priests have left Damascus
September 21, 2016
A Syrian archbishop has told Aid to the Church in Need that “one in three priests has chosen to leave Damascus towards more peaceful countries.”
Discussing the grave problems facing the Church in Syria, Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus added, “What will our Church become without priests? … Will we become the guardians of rocks, pebbles and stones?”
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