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\u2026and especially for the Christians of Iraq.<\/a>\u00a0 Help them, God our Father, through Jesus Christ and by the sword of St. Michael. \u00a0Mother Mary, pray for them!<\/p>\n

And prayers of reparation for the United States of America and we conservatives whose support for this foolish and criminal war led, very predictably, to this. We are responsible for this catastrophe that has overtaken the Iraqi Church.<\/p>\n

Through my fault, through my fault, through my own most grievous fault. \u00a0Lord have mercy.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"