H. E. Patriarch Emanuel Delly III, Head of the Chaldean Church of Babel and President of the Catholic Bishops in Iraq issued on March 24, a ³Brotherly Call² on all Iraqis, Christians and Muslims from all denominations, to pray God to bestow His Love, Mercy and Grace on the children of Iraq. ³We have moved away from God and His Will², says Patriarch Delly, and from ³ Fasting , Repentance and Forgiveness. Many of our brothers and sisters have shed thei r blood and many children have become orphans. Today, we should turn to God and His Will and repent. We call upon all Iraqis, inside Iraq or outside, and on all believers worldwide, to observe two days of prayer and fasting, on April 3 and 4, so that peace, security, stability and love may prevail i n Iraq and in the world ². The Call in Arabic is posted on the MECC website at: www.mec-churches.org <http://www.mec-churches.org/
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
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