"The Church must be the presence of Christ in the country. If we Christians flee when the situation is difficult, then we don’t give that necessary witness. And if the generations are uprooted then they will never return."
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Scholar: Christians Fighting More Than Iraqi State (17 November 2009) Zenit
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Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil (18 November 1938 – 3 December 2012) was a prelate of the Syrian Catholic Church.
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