1.0Lebanon News Gazettehttps://lebanonnewsgazette.comlnadminhttps://lebanonnewsgazette.com/author/lnadmin/19TH CENTURY IRAQ CHURCH CELEBRATES FIRST MASS SINCE IS DEFEAT - Lebanon News Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ymrMdU4tWx"><a href="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/19th-century-iraq-church-celebrates-first-mass-since-is-defeat/">19TH CENTURY IRAQ CHURCH CELEBRATES FIRST MASS SINCE IS DEFEAT</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lebanonnewsgazette.com/19th-century-iraq-church-celebrates-first-mass-since-is-defeat/embed/#?secret=ymrMdU4tWx" width="600" height="338" title="“19TH CENTURY IRAQ CHURCH CELEBRATES FIRST MASS SINCE IS DEFEAT” — Lebanon News Gazette" data-secret="ymrMdU4tWx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Dozens of faithful celebrated mass Saturday at a Mosul church in northern Iraq for the first time since it was restored after its ransacking by Islamic State jihadists.IS swept into Mosul and proclaimed it their "capital" in 2014, in an onslaught that ...