Syrian rebels burn statues, crosses in Catholic parishes [CWN]

[CWN_News]

Members of a Syrian rebel faction entered two Eastern Catholic parishes on September 26 and burned crosses, statues, and other religious objects, Agence France-Presse reported.The news …

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[JJ452]

My prayers go out to all my brothers and sisters where they are persecuted.

 

[malphono]

This is extremely depressing, especially for those of us who are Levantine, at least by background, but it’s not news. Those “rebels” (and many, not most, of them aren’t even Syrians, BTW) have been doing this for the better part of two years. The sad part is, the press (particularly the American press) doesn’t bother to report it, just as they don’t often report the same things in Iraq. Why should they? It’s only native Christians who are being targeted.

 

[JJ452]

This is extremely depressing, especially for those of us who are Levantine, at least by background, but it’s not news. Those “rebels” (and many, not most, of them aren’t even Syrians, BTW) have been doing this for the better part of two years. The sad part is, the press (particularly the American press) doesn’t bother to report it, just as they don’t often report the same things in Iraq. Why should they? It’s only native Christians who are being targeted.

I certainly agree with you; the news media is so lax and one sided.

 

[malphono]

In rereading my post from yesterday, I realized that I made a typo and omitted an important word, and missed a smiley. The corrected version, highlighted, follows:

This is extremely depressing, especially for those of us who are Levantine, at least by background, but it’s not news. Those “rebels” (and many, if not most, of them aren’t even Syrians, BTW) have been doing this for the better part of two years. The sad part is, the press (particularly the American press) doesn’t bother to report it, just as they don’t often report the same things in Iraq. Why should they? It’s only native Christians who are being targeted.