Unfortunately, scandals, violence, death, and catastrophes make up most of the news. However, sometimes the Media provides us with good news. Whether good or bad, the people have the right to truthful and complete information.
It is apparent that there is a spiral of silence about the stories on the Roman Catholic Church. For example, last year 733 Christians were killed in Iraq and 51 churches were destroyed. In the Media, silence. This is an injustice. The people have the right to know all of the stories and their context, but the Media doesn't provide this information. Why?
On March 13, 2008 Archbishop Paul Ranhho, leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church in northern Iraq, was found dead a fortnight after being kidnapped. He had previously stated, “We Christians of Mesopotamia are used to religious persecution and pressure by those in power. After Constantine, persecution ended only for Western Christians, whereas in the East threats continued. Even today, we continue to be a Church of martyrs.”
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