{"id":1545,"date":"2007-06-06T12:58:56","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/blessed-are-you-who-mourn.html"},"modified":"2007-06-06T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T12:58:56","slug":"blessed-are-you-who-mourn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/blessed-are-you-who-mourn.html","title":{"rendered":"Blessed are you who mourn"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the funeral:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chaldean Catholic Bishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul was forced to pause during the funeral of an Iraqi priest and three subdeacons due to the weeping of so many in the congregation.<\/p>\n

Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni and subdeacons Basman Yousef Daoud, Wadid Hanna and Ghasan Bida Wid were buried after the June 4 funeral in Father Ganni’s hometown of Karamless, said a June 5 press statement from the British branch of Aid to the Church in Need.<\/p>\n

The four men were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul June 3 while leaving the Church of the Holy Spirit after having celebrated Sunday Mass.<\/p>\n

Father Habib Al Nafali, a Chaldean Catholic priest based in London, told Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic organization funding religious projects in 145 countries, that "people were crying during the funeral service, and for awhile the bishop could not continue speaking." <\/p>\n

The priest said many clergy and friends of Father Ganni already are calling him a "martyr of the church." <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Update: <\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Many thanks to Zadok<\/a> for pointing us to this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a beautiful video with images of Fr Ragheed’s funeral here:<\/a>
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The soundtrack is Fr Ganni singing a Marian hymn along with the choir of the Chaldean community in Sweden.<\/p>\n

May we never forget his dedication to his flock, and the bravery of his sub-deacons who travelled with him to protect him from dangers that proved all too real.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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