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Oscar Durand - Catholic News Service
In Iraq, Reeta, 17, was used to being first in her class. For the last two years, in Turkey, she has not attended school.
Chaldean Father Remzi Diril, also known as Father Adday, anoints Marta Kiryakos, a woman from Bartella, Iraq, who suffers from cancer, in this Nov. 10 photo. (CNS photo/Oscar Durand)
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Oscar Durand - Catholic News Service
Being the only Chaldean Catholic priest in charge of pastoral work in Turkey, Father Adday is a road warrior who logs thousands of miles meeting Iraqi Christian refugees in Turkey.
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Oscar Durand - Catholic News Service
The Islamic State attacks in northern Iraq displaced more than 120,000 Christians, as well as minority Muslims and Yezidis. Today, many of those people live in Irbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.