First mass in years held in Iraqi church after ISIS driven out of town

Source: Fox News | November 1, 2016 |

For the first time in years, bells rang out on the roof of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, which was feed from the Islamic State’s grip last week after an intense fight.

On Sunday, the Archbishop of Mosul, Butrus Moshe, said mass, Reuters reported. Dozens of civilians attended.

“Today Qaraqosh is free of Daesh,” he said, using another term for ISIS. “Our role today is to remove all the remnants of [ISIS],” he said. “This includes erasing sedition, separation and conflicts, which victimized us.”

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis are monitoring the offensive to retake Mosul, the country’s second-largest city. Each battlefield advance brings hope that they can return home, but they also fear what they might find when they get there.

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