Matar called for resolute action, saying that “if Christians in the Middle
East are suffering today, the whole world will be suffering tomorrow”,
adding that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not like other
Muslims.

“There is no place for Christians in the Islamic State,” the Maronite clergyman said. He came to Poland at the invitation of the Society of Christ for
Poles Living Abroad and its quarterly publication Miłujcie się (Love Thy
Neighbour), which has its Arabic language edition. In his homily, he thanked Polish Catholics for their assistance to
Christians in Lebanon, Syria and other countries of the region From Warsaw, Archbishop Mata goes to Poznań, western Poland, and to
the Black Madonna shrine in the southern city of Częstochowa. (mk/pk)