Father Vakoc Is Laid to Rest
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, June 26, 2009 4:41 PM
Father Vakoc's body is brought from the St. Paul Cathedral (Dave Hrbacek).
This morning I attended the St. Paul Cathedral funeral Mass for Father Tim Vakoc, the Army chaplain who was severely injured in Iraq five years ago, in St. Paul, Minn.
In attendance were two bishops, another bishop-to-be, at least a hundred priests, military personnel and hundreds of family, friends and others.
The Gospel reading was the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead. In answer... READ MORE
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Chaplain Dies After Being Wounded in Iraq
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, June 22, 2009 7:04 AM
Father Vakoc celebrates Mass in the field.
Five years after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Army chaplain Father Tim Vakoc has died.
In a letter to his sister, he said, “The safest place for me to be is in the center of God’s will, and if that is in the line of fire, that is where I will be.”
Register readers will recall getting to know Father Vakoc through previous articles, such as the article that came out just prior to... READ MORE
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Iraq’s Beleaguered Christians
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 17, 2008 8:29 AM
Policeman stands guard outside Our Lady of Flower Catholic Church in central Baghdad. (Reuters)
“The Christians of Iraq, the majority of them Chaldean Catholics, have survived wave after wave of occupation over the centuries — only to fall victim to Islamic persecution while their country is under the protection of the supposedly Christian West.”
That’s the assessment of Damian Thompson in the “Holy Smoke” blog he writes for Britain’s Telegraph newspaper.
Thompson, who is... READ MORE
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