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St. Paul s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq / France YousifCNA Newsroom, Nov 15, 2022 / 08:25 am (CNA).A church bell that was kept hidden by a Muslim family during the Islamic State s occupation of Mosul rang out above St. Paul s Chaldean Catholic Cathedral on Sunday for the first time in eight years. Christians from across Iraq s Nineveh Plain came to the cathedral to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony and Divine Liturgy on Nov. 13."The tones of the bell are an invitation … to unite hearts to denounce violence and wars." France YousifArchbishop Najeeb Michaeel, OP, the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul and Akra, led a procession to the grotto of the Virgin Mary, the patroness of Mosul, in the church courtyard before ceremoniously ringing the bell.The archbishop told ACI Mena, Catholic News Agency s Arabic-language news partner, that "the tones of the bell are an invitation … to unite hearts to denounce violence and wars." "We hope that all the o

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