In many parts of the world, Christians are suffering the hatred that is generated by religious fundamentalism, said a Vatican spokesman. "Again, in recent days, violence against Christians has been rekindled," Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, explained in an editorial. "Some time ago I had in my hand flyers with terrible threats that were systematically distributed in Mosul in Iraq to the houses of Christians asking them to leave the city."