In the different churches of Iraq more than 1,000 children have received their first communion.
Just weeks ago, Christians there celebrated joyfully as 1,000 young boys and girls received their first Communion.
And they have done it in places where the memory of martyrdom still burns. For example, the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Liberation, in 2010 was the scene of a massacre in which dozens of faithful, two priests and hundreds of injured died.
In Iraq's capital, Chaldean parishes celebrated first Communion for 50 children, while 32 others received the sacrament at the Syriac Catholic parish.
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