New York, NY, Nov. 1 – In the wake of the brutal assault on a Catholic Church in Baghdad, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, addressed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on the topic of racial discrimination and religious intolerance. Knowing personally some of the victims, having been Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan from 2006 until just recently, the Archbishop expressed his sadness over the tragedy. The intervention of the Holy See, which had already been scheduled to take place this day, lamented that “many around the world today lack even the liberty to pray in community.... These are men, women and children whose searching for God is a prohibited activity, with many facing serious physical and legal repercussions for the pursuit of such a fundamental human need.”