Archbishop of Kirkuk: For 1600 Years, Iraq Has Been a 'Country of Martyrs'

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Kirkuk (AsiaNews) - For 1600 years, Iraq has been “a country of martyrs”, which finds in the “Holy Spirit and the Eucharist" the strength to bear witness to the faith “despite persecution”. So says Mgr. Louis Sako, archbishop of Kirkuk, on the eve of a week of celebrations to mark 1600 years since the massacre of Iraqi martyrs. A long series of past and present violence, but one which has not stopped “the sacred history of the Christians … and their journey.”

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