CWN - Christians in the Middle East have been “forgotten, betrayed by Western countries,” the Syrian Catholic Patriarch of Antioch charged during a Vatican briefing on October 8.
Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan, speaking to reporters at the Synod of Bishops, said that the suffering of Christians in the Middle East—especially in Syria and Iraq—is “indescribable.” He said that the topic should not be neglected in the Synod discussions on family life, because it is the overwhelming concern of Christian families in the region.
The Syrian Patriarch, who is based in Lebanon, said that Church leaders in the Middle East are “exploring all means of raising our cry of alarm to the world’s powers.” He said that Church is doing its best to protect families from an ongoing tragedy “to which the West has been indifferent.”
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