Iraqi Seminarian Speaks About Becoming a Priest Post ISIS

[Victoria33]

See, as the article says, he is a Chaldean:

http://aina.org/news/20200924231622.htm

Iraqi Seminarian Speaks About Becoming a Priest Post ISIS​

In the current context in Iraq and the world, the priestly and monastic vocations are “the pinnacle of love and service,” said Wameedh Khalid Francis, one of 15 students attending St Peter’s Chaldean Seminary in Ankawa, the Christian neighbourhood in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
In the village of Telskuf, he underwent this experience following the attack by the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014, which “destroyed everything,” he told AsiaNews.

"In a dangerous context [caused by the jihadi advance], the priest did his utmost as an engineer and as the humblest of workers: people turned to him for everything.

See full article at link above.

 

[1cthlctrth]

With the onset of “cancel culture”, it is becoming more difficult to practice our faith in the United States. But we suffer nothing compared to what Christians suffer in the Middle East.

 

[tuscany]

Wonder how many of us would still go to Mass if we knew a bullet was waiting for us as we left Mass? Martyrs for sure.