The abductions and deaths of so many priests and devotees, as well as the "painful page written with the blood of father Ragheed Ganni and mgr. Raho, archbishop of Mosul", are the clear examples of the martyrdom of the Chaldean Christians in Iraq. It was said today by the Chaldean Procurator to the Holy See, mgr. Philip Najim, as he spoke at the Lateran University for the meeting called "Testing hope", promoted by the Ecumenism and Dialogue Office of the Vicariate of Roea. "We hoped in a better future, and instead things are getting worse and worse he explained , because for non-Christians these martyrdoms may mean nothing, just barbaric murders against which nobody raises, nobody files proceedings or persecutes the murderers, but for us Christians they are an umpteenth challenge and a grace: we have a new opportunity to explain to the whole world why Christ died and how good that death is, and that’s why many people do not leave Iraq and do not give in to the threats, crowding the churches and preserving the centuries-old spiritual tradition of the Christian East". Before destroyed houses, fleeing families, as in Mosul, before such anti-Christian violence, added Najim, "how can one not speak of a martyrdom of the Chaldean Church or even worse a martyrdom of the whole church that is in Iraq. The Chaldeans are not the only ones to suffer, all Christians and all minorities are". ” “
