Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq

Sunday, December 26, 2010

VATICAN CITY -- Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal despite restrictions on them in a holiday address laced with worry for the world's Christian minorities.

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