ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: The road to church unity is not easy
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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The path to restore full unity between Churches and ecclesial communities is not as easy as some imagine , said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. In a statement published by the official channels of the Patriarchate, the Iraqi Cardinal admits that the question of restoring full sacramental unity among the baptized is a complex question . The Churches and ecclesial communities according to the Patriarch, could not be united by force and also not stripped of their individual identity by decree , because the Church is not a mere administrative entity , but a reality with its own, unmistakable spiritual nature. At the present moment there are sociological and cultural aspects that complicate the situation, since in our world today pluralism is recognized and affirmed as a positive value, while homologation processes are denounced. The histo
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Pandemic is not a punishment from God
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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid 19 pandemic, which caused pain and fear throughout the human family, is not a punishment from God, but the result of people s wrong behavior towards the environment and life and their desperate search for money, which feeds the proliferation of weapons and prepares new wars . This is what Cardinal Raphael Louis Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, said in the homily he delivered during the liturgical celebration he presided over on the evening of May 31st in the Church dedicated to Saint Paul in the al-Zaafraniya district of Baghdad at the end prayer marathon convened by Pope Francis during the month of May to call for the end of the pandemic.
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako to Christian politicians: unite forces and strategies, free yourselves from sectarianism IRAQ 2021-04-14 2021-04-12
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi acronyms and political parties encouraged by Christian activists must bring together the forces, strategies and policies to tackle together the emergencies and problems that weigh on the life of local Christian communities. Otherwise, their activism in no particular order will end up contributing to the slow erosion of the Christian presence in Iraq. The appeal comes from Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, who in a speech with an alarming tone directly criticized the ways in which militants and aspiring Christian political leaders are moving in view of the next national political elections, scheduled for October 10, 2021. In his appeal, broadcast by the official channels of the Chaldean Patriarchate, the Patriarch also offers his willingness
The Tablet April 14, 2021
Pope Francis walks next to Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, right, as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad March 6, 2021. Cardinal Sako offered suggestions for ways Iraqis can put into action what the pope preached while in the country in March. (Photo: CNS/Paul Haring)
By Elise Ann Allen
ROME (CRUX) Pope Francis sent a letter to Iraqi Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako voicing thanks for his visit to Iraq last month and praising the local church for its charitable activities and its role in working to rebuild the country.
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