Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Christians Not Helped By Obama.

President Barack Obama delivers a statement with Vice President
 Joe Biden at his side about the nuclear deal reached between Iran
 and six major world powers during an early morning address to
 the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington,
 July 14, 2015.
As the plight of Christians across the Middle East worsens, a Jerusalem archbishop has condemned the entire political world for its silence and lack of action on the issue. Former White House Chief of Staff John Sununu has meanwhile pointed the finger at President Barack Obama, accusing the latter of "indifference" in the face of the suffering Christian communities.
Archbishop Maroun Lahham, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem's vicar for Jordan, said in an interview that "the international community is absolutely inert, absent, or rather a silent accomplice" in the persecution of Christians, Catholic World News reported.
"The international Christian community, however, has never ceased to send aid to meet the needs of the brothers of the Church," Lahham added. "The political world is absolutely to be condemned, but the world of Caritas helps us, especially the Italian Episcopal Conference."
The comments come in light of reports of tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians facing dire circumstances as refugees, hunted back home by terror group IS, but with little prospects of sustaining a livelihood in Jordan and other neighboring countries.
The U.S. and its international allies have been bombing terror targets across Iraq and Syria in an effort to halt the expansion of IS, though the operation has only seen limited success. Relief groups have also been providing aid to the refugees, but the demand far exceeds the supply.
Sununu, who served as chief of staff during the George W. Bush administration, said on Sunday on AM 970 in New York that congressmen and senators need to "talk some sense into the president."
Read more at:  http://www.christianpost.com/news/archbishop-condemns-political-world-for-silence-on-christian-slaughter-former-white-house-chief-of-staff-blames-obama-indifference-142603/#IErhcuQTChhhJ8df.99

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