Before the wave of anti-Christian violence that has afflicted the city of Mosul, Iraq, in the past two weeks -- causing the death of eight people, along with hundreds of families to flee -- Benedict XVI and several Christian leaders have expressed strong words of disapproval and have appealed to the country’s authorities to put an end to the bloodbath and to restore justice.

Before the wave of anti-Christian violence that has afflicted the city of Mosul, Iraq, in the past two weeks -- causing the death of eight people, along with hundreds of families to flee -- Benedict...leggi tutto