"Christianity in Iraq means emigration, the persecution within the country that makes us feel strangers at home. In nearly 40 years, over 4000 Christian villages have been wiped out; in the last three years, over 20 churches in the country have been destroyed or forced to close down". This is reported by father Douglas Dawood in an interview on the website of the Migrants’ Pastoral Office of the archdiocese of Turin (migrantitorino.it). Father Dawood, who since 1st October 2007 has worked with the parish of san Vincenzo Ferreri in Moncalieri, is the first Chaldeian priest who has consistently been working in a Latin diocese under an exchange plan promoted by the Turin’s archdiocese, which has launched several initiatives in support of the Iraqi Chaldeian clergy. (CONTINUED)” “
