Yes,God will certainly take care of them but that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't be killed.I heard an interview on the BBC a few days ago of an Anglican priest somewhere in Iraq whose congregation is made up mostly of converts from I Slam.He said that in the last few years a huge number of his parishioners (for some reason the number 90 comes to my mind) have been murdered...many,he said,in broad daylight.So I wouldn't bet my last nickel that these kids will lead long,carefree lives.
oh........we need to pray for ALL Christians that live in Muslim nations.
These Iraqi children now live in Jordan, one of the few Middle Eastern countries which protects the rights of all peoples to practice their religion.
I would encourage everyone to follow the EWTN coverage of this papal pilgrimage. Vatican Radio and EWTN are both providing authoritative commentators. More importantly, Jordanian King Abdullah II repeated this message yesterday in his welcome to the Holy Father and his entourage. The christian community in Jordan is small - only 250,000 of which 120,000 are catholic. The official state religion is Islam and christians are not allowed to proselityze. Otherwise, they are free to construct Churches, Universities, Family Centers, et al. The King encourages christians to come to his country.
That said, should these children decide to move back to Iraq once they have grown up, they run the same risk of any other christian in an Islamic Republic, even death.
I think the same is true of all of us. Here in my tiny town in Florida, the liberals have been launching attacks on the Church because of the bishops' opposition to Obama's honor at Notre Dame. One kind of martyrdom or another is probably approaching for all of us, and we just have to accept that fact.