Ein Hilfeschrei des Chaldäischen Patriarchen

Hoffen wir, daß die Adressaten:  Papst Franziskus, die Patriarchen des Ostens, die Bischofskonferenzen der Welt, ihn lesen und dann im Rahmen ihrer Möglichkeiten handeln.
Die säkulare Welt scheint sich einig darin, das Geschehen im Irak und in Syrien zu ignorieren, die Christen zu verraten und ihren Schlächtern zu überlassen. Das sind auch unsere Politiker und unsere Medienvertreter, sonst immer Empörungsspezialisten der ersten Minute. Sie haben sich zum Schweigen und Wegsehen entschlossen und das müssen sie verantworten.
Ob diese Worte des Patriarchen sie aus ihrem Gleichgültigkeitsmodus wecken können ?

"Reden sind für nichts gut, ebensowenig Erklärungen, die Verurteilungen und Empörung wiederaufwärmen; das Gleiche kann man von Protestmärschen sagen. Ich füge hinzu, so sehr wir die Großzügigkeit unserer Spender wertschätzen, weder Spenden noch Fundraising werden unser Problem lösen.
Wir müssen ein großangelegtes Eingreifen von Regierungen auf internationaler Ebene erbitten. 
Im Hinblick auf dieses einfache menschliche Prinzip braucht es ein Gewissen: die Notwendigkeit realer Aktionen und realer Solidarität, angesichts der Krise, die unsere bloße Existenz bedroht, und angesichts der Tatsache, daß wir leben werden oder nicht leben werden:" 

                                                       


Hier eine englische Übersetzung des französischen Originals, die wir rorate caeli verdanken

AN URGENT LETTER OF THE CHALDEAN PATRIARCH

August 5, 2014

Your Holiness Pope Francis

Your Beatitudes the Patriarchs of the East

Your Excellencies the Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences

The Christians of Iraq face an enormous tragedy

The Christians of Mosul (Nineveh Province, Iraq), horrified, have fled the city with only the clothes they were wearing. Their churches have been profaned and on August 2, a mass migration took place from the villages of Telkev, Batnaya and Telleskuf as, knowing that the small town of Sinjar alongside other neighboring villages had fallen and seventy persons had been massacred, gave rise to panic. There, on Monday, August 4, ISIL commenced the bombardment the village of Telkef and a young Christian was killed. This having been said it is evident that there is practically no collaboration between the central government and that of the Kurdish Region and in addition to that the new government is not yet formed!

As for our political parties, they have failed in every tangible manner, and this for reasons well known to everyone as well as to each of these parties themselves.

As for the Church, she finds herself completely alone, more than ever; nevertheless her leaders are strongly required to react before it is too late in applying the necessary pressure on the international community as well as those other decision-makers in view of fundamental answers necessary to the scandalous crimes and the destructive conspiracies that affect, above all, unarmed citizens in Iraq, Syria, and in Palestine - Gaza.

It should be noted that the motivation for all of these killings is the lust for everything that lies beneath the earth like oil and gas ... what else explains this war so curiously radicalised and, as if following an excellently premeditated plan, does not take the least account of the destinies of the people.

We are equally shocked and indignant with the absence of a vigorous position taken by Muslims and their religious leaders, not the least because the actions of these factions represent a menace for the Muslims themselves.

In fact, speeches are good for nothing, so too declarations that rehash condemnations and indignation; the same can be said for protest marches. In addition, while appreciating the generosity of our donors, we would say that donations and fundraising too are not what will solve our problems. We have to demand a large-scale administrative [governmental] operation on an international level. There is in fact the need for a position of conscience regarding this simple human principle: the demand for real actions and solidarity because we are before a crisis related to our very existence, confronting the fact that "we will be or we will not be".

This is an appeal from the bottom of the heart in the search for a solution that lies uniquely in the hands of the international community and above all with the great powers. We address ourselves profoundly to their consciences and that they should review their positions and to re-evaluate the impact of the situation of today.

These powers confront a human and moral responsibility. It is no longer reasonable to take recourse to double standards. They are called to free themselves from their narrow interests and to unite themselves in a political and peacekeeping solution that puts an end to this conflict. These powers must vigorously exercise pressure on those who support financially and train militarily these factions and so cut short these sources of violence and radicalisation.

Concerning the Christians of Iraq, in our pastoral ministry towards them, we also call upon the international community: our Christians are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, as too they are in need of an efficient, true and permanent protection that reassures them that there is no end to their existence whose origins are so deeply rooted in Iraq; this also concerns Christians in other regions of the Middle East that are burning and being torn apart.

We also appeal to our brothers and sisters around the world, that they too be truly with us in solidarity at this our time of suffering this terrible ordeal; that they live with us this feeling of solidarity as if belonging to the same family.

We are in need of a communion of the heart, and for prayers with our faithful during this terrible ordeal as we experienced during the visit of the delegation of Bishops of France presided by His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon.

We remain believing in dialogue, exchange and conviviality.

That God may grant us the grace and possibility to overcome this trial, that He remove from all hearts all hatred and violence.

In great union of prayer,

Louis Raphael I Sako

Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans