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Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - These are hours of high tension in Damascus: "We hear bombs and gunfire, people are terrified and do not leave the house. We thank God we are alive," says a Catholic priest from Damascus, reached by Fides Agency and requests anonymity for security reasons. "The news we hear according to some is that President Assad has fled from the capital. In the faces of people there is fear and sadness for the war that has come into houses," says the priest, saying that his church is home to 18 refugee families who have lost everything because of the conflict. "It is a very difficult time for everyone, there is chaos and uncertainty for the future. In this period I see that the faithful pray more, find their true refuge only in God." The Christians, he notes, "are among the people, they suffer like the others, they share the same fate and the tragedy of the Syrian people. But they are strong in faith and hope. Pray for us and for our future, " he concludes. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 19/7/2012)
