ROME -- A surge in violence across Iraq put a damper on Holy Week and Easter celebrations in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. "The situation is not good, there is no calm, life is not serene. Granted, peace and security would be better," Baghdad's Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni said in a telephone interview. Warduni said April 6 that despite the insecurity the church is going ahead with Holy Week celebrations as planned, but in a more subdued and cautious manner.
"We ...