Rome, Italy, Nov 15, 2008 / 15:29 pm
Possession of the Baghdad premises of Babel College, the only Christian theological school in Iraq, was restored to the Chaldean Catholic Church on November 6 by the U.S. Army, which had occupied the college since the end of March 2007.
“The Americans decided to vacate the buildings and signed an agreement with the Chaldean Church, under which they also undertake to restore any damage and replace what has been destroyed: the classroom equipment, for instance, and the printing works,” said Chaldean Bishop Jacques Isaac, the head of the faculty, according to SIR.
There was no damage to either the library or the chapel, the latter of which was continued to function under the care of a chaplain while the Americans were there.
According to Bishop Isaac, the Chaldean Church wants to wait “until the works are finished” before it will say whether it is happy with the move.