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July 26, 2023

Chaldeans shocked by patriarch’s removal of status

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 4, 2013, file photo.

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid’s recent decision to revoke the official status of Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako as the head of the Chaldean (Eastern-rite Catholic) Church of Iraq has left the country’s dwindling Christian community and the entire worldwide diaspora deeply hurt, said Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis.

Published in Canada
May 22, 2018

Naming Chaldean as cardinal is gift to struggling church, archbishop says

Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo.
BEIRUT – Pope Francis' naming of Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako as cardinal is a gift to the Chaldean Catholic church, which has been struggling in the face of terrorism, said an Iraqi archbishop.
Published in International
April 4, 2017

Chaldean patriarch supports Holy Week peace march in Iraq

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad is greeted by an elderly Iraqi woman after an Oct. 25 prayer service at the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ainkawa.

IRBIL, Iraq – The Chaldean Catholic patriarch is supporting a more than 80-mile peace march during Holy Week to urge an end to violence in his homeland and throughout the Middle East.

Published in International
May 4, 2016

Chaldean patriarch appeals to Iraqi leaders to work for reconciliation

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, pictured in a 2014 photo, urged Iraq's leaders to put an end to the "institutional, economic and security deterioration" in the country.

BAGHDAD – Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad urged Iraq's leaders to put an end to the "institutional, economic and security deterioration" in the country.

Published in International