During the 23rd round of the Interactive Dialogue between the Human Rights Council and the High Commission, Tomassi said, “Christians face serious tragedies, including eviction from their houses by force, forcing them to bear the destruction of their worship places, rape, the kidnapping of their leaders, such as what happened with the two Syrian metropolitans who were kidnapped from Aleppo.”
Monsieur Silvano Maria Tomassi, Permanent Observer of the Holy See in the United Nations, said that approximately one hundred thousand Christians are killed annually due to their religious faith.
During the 23rd round of the Interactive Dialogue between the Human Rights Council and the High Commission, Tomassi said, “Christians face serious tragedies, including eviction from their houses by force, forcing them to bear the destruction of their worship places, rape, the kidnapping of their leaders, such as what happened with the two Syrian metropolitans who were kidnapped from Aleppo.”
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Associate Pastor with The Bridge Community of Faith in Kelowna BC Canada. Archives
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