The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:34:16 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Chaldeans shocked by patriarchöÏÓãÊÓƵapp removal of status /item/35742-chaldeans-shocked-by-patriarch-s-removal-of-status /item/35742-chaldeans-shocked-by-patriarch-s-removal-of-status

Iraqi President Abdul Latif RashidöÏÓãÊÓƵapp 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 countryöÏÓãÊÓƵapp dwindling Christian community and the entire worldwide diaspora deeply hurt, said Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis.

]]> skorah@catholicregister.org (Susan Korah) Canada Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:03:18 -0400 Naming Chaldean as cardinal is gift to struggling church, archbishop says /home/international/item/27413-naming-chaldean-as-cardinal-is-gift-to-struggling-church-archbishop-says /home/international/item/27413-naming-chaldean-as-cardinal-is-gift-to-struggling-church-archbishop-says 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.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 22 May 2018 13:28:19 -0400 Chaldean patriarch supports Holy Week peace march in Iraq /home/international/item/24776-chaldean-patriarch-supports-holy-week-peace-march-in-iraq /home/international/item/24776-chaldean-patriarch-supports-holy-week-peace-march-in-iraq

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.

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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.

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