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28 September, 2004
IRAQ - ITALY
Chaldean Patriarch Helped
the Release of the Italian Hostages
We knocked, a door opened, Baghdad Patriarch says
Patriarch Delly confirms Church role
in liberation of two Italian aid workers.
Baghdad (AsiaNews) - "We knocked
on every door to free the two Italian women," His Beatitude
Emmanuel Delly, Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad told AsiaNews.
"One opened. And Iraqi Christians and Muslims are rejoicing."
"When I mean we knocked on every
door, I mean every door," he emphasised. "And the Lord
was there to help us find one open. I cannot tell you which one,
but one opened and the two young women walked through free."
The Patriarch refrained however from
going into details as to how the Church was able to free Simona
Pari and Simona Torretta, the two Italian women aid workers abducted
on September 7 and set free today.
Here is the short interview Patriarch
Delly gave AsiaNews.
What was your reaction to the news that
the two Italian women were free? "We were very happy to
hear that both Simona Pari and Simona Torretta were free, perhaps
more than you Italians."
Why?
Because we are one family! When one
son is freed, the father and the other sons cheer. As children
of God all of us, Muslims and Christians alike, belong to the
same family. Everyone in Baghdad and in Iraq is happy knowing
that the two young women are free, Muslims included. Everyone
is against to such inhuman deeds.
What would you like to say to the families
of the young women and to the Italian people?
I dare say that the liberation of the
two aid workers is the result of the many prayers said in Italy,
in Iraq and around the world. I praise the Lord for moving the
abductors to free them.
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