IRAQ-BASED CHALDEAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ELECTS NEW PATRIARCH
4th February, 2013 Pope Benedict XVI has formally welcomed the election of Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk to be the new patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The news is a boost for the Iraq-based church, which has found itself hard pressed since the 2003 Western invasion to remove dictator Saddam Hussein. The election process […]