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."
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