Word: polycarpu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Father Fambe Polycarpu, 70, sits on his balcony and watches the fighting through an antique pair of opera glasses. Hearing a burst of machine-gun fire, the Greek Catholic priest enjoys trying to identify the source simply by the sound. Father Polycarpu does not worry about the snipers so long as he is within the confines of the seminary of St. George, on the edge of Suq al Gharb. His church, built in 1750, was hit by a rocket one day last month while he was preparing the altar for the Feast of the Assumption. The whole...
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