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Christians Help Iraq to Qualify for World Cup

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Gerry Lynch

Thanks to the Church Times for publishing a short news piece from me on the hugely disproportionate number of Christians playing for Iraq’s second ever World Cup-qualifying squad—and also to its first World Cup outing, in 1986. A notably devout … Continue reading →

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The Silence of Lost Worlds and the Fate of the Middle East’s Christians

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… Monasteries are very quiet places indeed. Garrulous as I am beyond the normal Irish capacity for such things, I am not someone obviously identifiable as a great lover of silence. At the Community of the Resurrection, … Continue reading →

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