Six Miles From ISIS, Brave Iraqi Priest Will Not Leave His People

CNA: On the way back, Father said he saw one young man that was with him when he initially fled.

This young man told him: “Father, I saw you always from afar, but this week I found out who you are, and it has given me so much strength (to know) that you are a priest in the middle of your people.”

Father also said he had written to his fellow priest from his parish in Rome about what they were planning to do: “Today I need to ring the bells that for a week haven’t sounded. I have to do this, even if it’s last time the bells ring, I will do it.” Full report is here.