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A Muslim chaplain prays during the month of Ramadan.

As Ramadan begins, Chaldean patriarch prays for Iraqi Muslims

Jun 8, 2016

Iraqi Muslims celebrating Ramadan will have the prayers of Chaldean Catholics, Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Babylon has said.  Read more

A young refugee in Erbil, Iraq.

Religious, academic leaders call for more US action in Iraq

Aug 14, 2014

By Matt Hadro

Both academic and religious leaders, in the U.S. and abroad, have urged greater U.S. military action in Iraq and Syria... Read more

The Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Youhanna Moshe -- one of the five bishops forced from the city by the Islamic State -- is seen in this 2011 photo.

Papal envoy meets with officials, displaced persons in Erbil

Aug 14, 2014

Pope Francis' special envoy to Iraq has safely arrived in Erbil, the Holy See press officer said Thursday, adding that... Read more

Iraq Archbishop Louis Sako.

Chaldean patriarch: current state of Iraq is 'chaos'

Jul 17, 2014

By Elise Harris

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako of Iraq has written a letter urging government officials to “waste no more time” in... Read more

Chaldean Archbishops of Erbil and Kirkuk, Bashar Warda and Yousif Mirkis.

Christians disappearing from Iraq, bishops lament

Jul 14, 2014

Two Iraqi archbishops are seeking “faith and hope” in Iraq, while bewailing the continuing exodus of Christians from the country... Read more

Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Arbil.

Church in Iraqi Kurdistan challenged by influx of migrants

Jun 9, 2014

Iraq's Kurdistan region is enjoying peace relative to the rest of the country, which has led thousands of Christian families... Read more