The Church in Need website reports today (December 14, 2010) that concrete walls up to 10 feet high are being erected around churches in Baghdad and Mosul to protect Christmas worshipers in Iraq from being targeted by extremists.
The walls -- some of which are already in place -- are the strongest signal yet of the Iraqi government's determination to avoid a repeat of the October 31 massacre at Baghdad's Syrian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation, where 58 people were killed and more than 70 others were injured.
Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said, "There is a kind of desperation. But whatever happens, the people are determined to celebrate the Christmas liturgy by any means possible."
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It's too bad that concrete walls are needed, but I'm glad that they are making sure that Christians can celebrate liturgy.
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