CWN - Two churches in Damascus, including the church of Maronite Catholic Archbishop Samir Nassar, suffered mortar attacks on August 23.

The Fides news agency reported that 50 people were injured and an unspecified number were killed.

“Part of the war in Syria is to live under indiscriminate bombing, a kind of Russian roulette which is always unpredictable,” said Archbishop Nassar. “The survivors bury the dead without having been able to treat the wounded since they lack means and competence. They sink into silent prayer before the relics of martyrs, the seeds of faith.”