An Iraqi church damaged and defaced by the Islamic State in 2014 has been rededicated for the parish's celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, just as the terrorist group that had sought to crush Christians and those opposing its tyrannical way of life is showing signs of stirring again.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, on Oct. 20, 2023. / Credit: Gianfranco Pinto Ostuni
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Catholic patriarch of Jeru.