“Iraqi Christians, and perhaps also Christians of other nations, will soon disappear if there is no change in thinking and national system,” warned Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church since 2013. “Islamic heritage makes Christians second-class citizens and allows usurpation of their property … We must rewrite the constitution and laws, away from nepotism, favoritism, and build a democratic system based on citizenship.”