Iraqi archbishop tells USAID delegation to hurry up aid delivery
World Watch Monitor An Iraqi Catholic archbishop has said he and other bishops are “delighted” that the US aid arm is to make good on a pledge to send aid directly to non-Muslim communities recovering from the so-called Islamic State’s occupation of their towns and villages, but warned “time is running [out]”. Archbishop Bashar Warda […]
Chaldean Patriarch congratulates surprise Iraqi election winner
World Watch Monitor The Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael I Sako, has telephoned Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr to congratulate him on his unexpected victory in the country’s recent parliamentary elections. The Patriarchate also said that Sako told Sadr he hoped for a government that promotes the common good of all the Iraqi people. According to […]
Pope to create 14 new cardinals
Pope Francis has announced he will create 14 new cardinals in late June with bishops from Iraq, Pakistan, Portugal, Peru, Madagascar, Italy and Japan among those named. In what was a surprise announcement, the Pope said on Sunday that the home countries of the cardinals expressed “the universality of the Church, which continues to announce the merciful […]
Iraqi archbishop nominated for 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
World Watch Monitor Archbishop Sako Archbishop Louis Raphaël I Sako, the head of the Iraq-based Chaldean Church, one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, has been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, reports Asia News. Following his nomination, the archbishop said receiving the prize “would be an important and significant gesture, because it would highlight […]