{"id":69181,"date":"2021-04-16T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelitaniscalzi.com\/?p=69181"},"modified":"2021-07-08T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:58:08","slug":"carmelite-friars-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/en\/2021\/04\/16\/carmelite-friars-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"CARMELITE  FRIARS  IN  IRAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2005 there were 4000 members in the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite, or 0.6% of Christians in Iraq.\u00a0\u00a0 Carmel has had a presence in the country since 1623 in Bassora.\u00a0 Another monastery of the Friars was founded in Baghdad in 1721.\u00a0\u00a0 Their missionary activity concentrated on assisting local Christian communities.\u00a0 The present situation of the mission is very precarious, as is true for the whole country.\u00a0 Christians, and particularly Religious, are subjected to intimidation from extremists.\u00a0 We have one Iraqi native Religious, Fr. 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