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Report says Chaldean churches in Kirkuk cancel Christmas Masses
24-12-2009
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Chaldean Catholic Archdiocese of Kirkuk, Iraq, has canceled Christmas Masses because of insecurity and attacks against Christians, the Washington Post reported Dec. 23.
"This is the first time we have had to cancel our celebrations," the Post quoted Kirkuk Archbishop Louis Sako as saying.
The Post also reported that a sign on the Kirkuk cathedral read, in part: "We apologize to all the brothers for not conducting celebrations or accepting greetings or guests, but we pray for peace and security in Iraq. We cannot celebrate because of our grief over the victims of the bombings in Mosul and Baghdad."
In Mosul, less than 100 miles from Kirkuk, Christian churches were targeted in late November and early December. On Dec. 23, two people were killed in a bomb attack on the Syrian Orthodox Church of St. Thomas.
A hospital official in Mosul told Agence France-Presse that the two people who were killed were Muslims.
In late November, a Chaldean Catholic church, rectory and convent in Mosul were bombed in two separate incidents, but no one was injured.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20091223.htm
