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Tag: Iraq | Crux

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Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.)

Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

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Members of the Chaldean Catholic Church meet at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Al-Mansour / Baghdad for their annual synod from July 15=19, 2024. (Credit: Chaldean Patriarchate.)

Chaldean bishops call for two-state solution to resolve Gaza war

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Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako greets parishioners after a Mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday April 12, 2024. (Credit: Ali Jabar/AP.)

10 years after ISIS invasion, Christians in Iraq given ‘sign of hope’

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Iraqi Christians react after attending a mass at the Grand Immaculate Church, of Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.)

Mosul Christians still suffering 10 years after ISIS occupation

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Tumult over Patriarch another blow for Iraq’s reeling Christian minority

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Pope pens top Iraqi Muslim leader, urges joint push for basic rights

Mar 15, 2023
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