Three people were killed in the
blasts, which came within 20 minutes of each other at
four churches and the Vatican mission in Baghdad, and
two other churches in the northern city of Kirkuk.No
one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The council of Iraq's top Shi'ite leaders, the Najaf
Hawza, condemned the bombings and called for cooperation
between the country's religious and ethnic groups.
The Sunni-based Iraqi Islamic Party called on the
government to provide holy places with protection.
The papal nuncio to Iraq, Monsignor Fernando Filoni,
said the attacks were intended to intimidate Iraq's
small Christian community.
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