Christians from Qaraqosh, south of Mosul in Iraq, are celebrating after their village was liberated from ISIS last week, as Pope Francis denounced “brutal acts of violence” being carried out by ISIS in Mosul.
In 2014 jihadists swept through Qaraqosh, where an estimated 120,000 Christians lived. They fled when ISIS militants gave them a choice to convert to Islam, pay the Islamic jizya tax, or be killed.
Christians who once fled in terror are now celebrating with singing and dancing, while church bells ring out.
