{"id":11100,"date":"2015-10-01T07:04:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=11100"},"modified":"2015-10-01T07:04:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:04:47","slug":"bishop-audo-only-50000-christians-left-in-aleppo-acn-romekoenigstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/10\/01\/bishop-audo-only-50000-christians-left-in-aleppo-acn-romekoenigstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Audo \u2013  only 50,000 Christians left in Aleppo &#8211; ACN, K\u00f6nigstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Syria \u00a0 \u00a017.09.2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bishop Audo: Help us to stay on in Syria \u2013 \u00a0only 50,000 Christians now left in Aleppo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe Christians are determined to stay on in Syria and continue to give our witness.\u201d This was the assurance given by Chaldean bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo during a conference organised by the Italian national office of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) in collaboration with the country\u2019s foreign press service.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop confirmed the mass exodus of Syrians, particularly in response to the open welcome shown by some European countries. \u201cAll those who were able to leave have already left, while the others are still trying to leave the country. Above all our young men, who fear being called up for military service and don\u2019t want to take part in a senseless war that has brought nothing but destruction.\u201d The road they take is the road towards Turkey, where they then try to board vessels for Greece or Italy. \u201cAnd so many of them have met their deaths at sea\u201d, the archbishop adds.<\/p>\n<p>The mass emigration has not spared the Christian community in Aleppo, a place where once the Christian minority was most visibly present. \u201cBefore the war there were 150,000 Christians in the city. Today I do not think there would even be as many as 50,000. There is a real fear that our community might disappear altogether\u201d, says Monsignor Audo.<\/p>\n<p>After four and a half years of war the situation is impossible. \u201cThe rich have gone, the middle classes have become poor and the poor have become destitute. Over 80% of the population are now unemployed.\u201d Moreover, for over two months now, the city has been without water and electricity. \u201cOur church has a well in the grounds, and we try to distribute water to the people as far as possible. On every street you can see children and youngsters carrying empty bottles, searching for water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the bombs continue to fall every day. \u201cOne part of the city is controlled by the government, while the rest is in the hands of fundamentalist groups who are constantly attacking the area controlled by the Syrian army, where the majority of the Christians live.The situation in Aleppo is one of the most critical anywhere, because we are just 25 miles (40 km) from the border with Turkey, which is continuing to arm and welcome the fundamentalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Audo believes that behind the protracted nature of the Syrian conflict there are international interests. \u201cWe have been waiting for years for a political solution, for some glimmer of hope that the war might end. But there seems to be a desire on the part of the international community to see the war continue, just as it did in Iraq and Libya. It is a determination linked to strategic interests in the Middle East region and, as Pope Francis has reminded us more than once, to commercial interests stemming from the arms trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria in 2011, ACN has given over 8 million Euros for projects for the support of the Syrian people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11135\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-photo-1update.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/web-photo-1update.jpg\" alt=\"Msgr. Antoine Audo, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Aleppo. During the meeting of the Syr. Cath BC. in Rabweh\" width=\"337\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mgr. Antoine Audo, Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Aleppo. During the meeting of the Syr. 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