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by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, Middle East, News, Patriarch Luis Sako | 0 |
Demonstrators stormed Iraqi’s parliament and high-security Green Zone over the weekend, prompting one of the country’s top Catholic prelates to condemn sectarianism and call for dialogue, lest the situation worsen.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 7, 2022 | Anti-Christian persecution, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, Middle East Christianity, News, Patriarch Luis Sako, pluralism | 0 |
In a lengthy, searing letter published amid Iraq’s ongoing political standstill, Chaldean Patriarch Luis Raphael Sako criticized leaders’ inability to root out corruption and rid the country of discrimination against minorities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Patriarch Luis Sako, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
Although the impact of papal trips is often hard to assess in the immediate aftermath, such cautions mean little to the leader of Iraq’s local Catholic church, who quickly proclaimed Pope Francis’s March 5-8 visit to his nation a “miracle” on Sunday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2021 | Disabled, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Isis, lead, Martyrs, News, Patriarch Luis Sako, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
The deaths of those martyred in the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation on Oct. 31, 2010, Francis said during a meeting with the bishops, religious, and catechists in Baghdad, “are a powerful reminder that inciting war, hateful attitudes, violence or the shedding of blood are incompatible with authentic religious teachings.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 26, 2020 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, Middle East, News, Patriarch Luis Sako, Religious extremism | 0 |
Iraqi President Barham Salih attended Christmas Eve Mass Thursday, telling faithful that not only would he make every effort to defend Christians and help them return to their land, but he also pledged to clamp down on extremist violence and root out government corruption.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 24, 2020 | Catholic-Muslim relations, Christmas, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Patriarch Luis Sako | 0 |
In a Christmas message meant to console his people, the head of the largest Catholic community in Iraq outlined the agenda for the pope’s upcoming trip, indicating two paths the country can take as it tries to put the pieces of a broken nation back together.
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