Libya, the capital in the hands of the Islamists. Christians do not go out of the house: “Let’s say Mass here, as in ancient times

Since the Islamists of the Libyan Alba, along with the brigades of Misrata, they conquered the airport and the capital of Libya  in late August, forcing the parliament and the government to flee to Tobruk, security in Tripoli is a mirage. Very “scared” because “no protection”, are mostly Christians.

“PUT IN PRIVATE HOUSES.” vicar of the Franciscans in Tripoli, father Amado Baranquel, told Catholic News Service  that Christians do not go out for two weeks over the house for fear of being kidnapped. “There is no law or security in the city and do not know who will protect us. Now we celebrate almost all the Masses in private homes or apartments as they did in ancient times, “he added. The fighting, in fact, continue every day between Islamists and forces loyal to the government.

“WHO CAN WE TRUST?”. The streets are full of checkpoints and as reported by the Franciscan father Christians come out only when accompanied in the car by local Muslims, “which to us are proving to be very kind.” However, the situation is dramatic: “Who can we trust, who we can ask for help? You will not know until it is clear who will govern. Until the United Nations will not do something, are the people with arms in the arm that will command here. “

THE CHURCH IS WITH PEOPLE. spite of the difficult situation, Sylvester Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi, another city in the eastern part of the country conquered by the Islamists , said that “the Church will stay with his people” even though the Coptic Orthodox churches and greek-orthodox have already evacuated all their priests from the city. Even the Catholic Church has decided to move the many sisters who lived in Benghazi.
“Everyone is asking what will happen but the problem is that there are now two governments and we do not see the way out. Until we know who we need to talk, we can only pray, “concluded Father Baranquel.

GOVERNMENT IN FLIGHT. The country is on the brink of disaster. The 115 Members of Parliament and their families live on a ferry greek reserved for them at 1,500 kilometers from the capital. A sign that may soon be forced to escape a timely manner. NATO and the United States of Obama, who helped create the dissolution of the Libyan state, there are still pronounced as the French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian said that a terrestrial intervention in Libya is necessary, but there need the cooperation of all European countries.
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