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For a National Covenant His Excellency President of the Republic of Iraq Dr. Barham Salih Your Excellency, I put forward to your Excellency a national proposal entitled “National Covenant” that may help us getting out of the current crises. The focus is on certain important “red lines” such as sovereignty, …

Message of Lent in Preparation for Easter 2019: Let us Renew our commitment to Christian Faith and Homeland Lent season is dedicated to: pray; self-revision; repentance; improve our thoughts, behavior and relationships; control our passions; and to help needy people, including sick, hungry, thirsty, naked and the abandoned ones. “whatever …

Address by Patriarch Sako at the 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2019

L’originalità ( autenticita) e il rinnovamento nella Chiesa caldea! Patriarca Louis  Raphael Sako Ho visto alcuni commenti e critiche sulla conservazione dei   nostri riti ( liturgia caldei, pubblicati nei mezzi della comunicazione sociale, ed alcuni di essi inviati direttamente al Patriarcato via e-mail. Ho notato la superfluità e l’emozione in …

Iraqi Cardinal Calls for End to Persecution of Christians in the Middle East The National UAE – Reporter, Mina Aldroubi Before Pope Francis’s visit to the UAE, Cardinal Louis Sako tells The National that Iraqis must reconcile February 3, 2019 The mistreatment of Christians in the Middle East remains one of Pope …

Ritual of Receiving the Habit On Saturday, February 2, 2019, Day of Consecrated Life, the Chaldean Sisters Daughters of Mary Immaculate Conception joyfully celebrated the entrance of Novitiate for Monique Setto and Angila Kassab who took the names Sr. Mary Bernadette and Sr. Maria Immaculata, respectively.  The Holy Mass, where …

Address on the Sixth Anniversary of Electing me as a Patriarch for the Chaldean Church 31/1/2013 – 31/1/2019 First of all, I thank God for everything, and thank my auxiliary bishops, synod Fathers, priests and all those who have helped me generously at work, consultations, suggestions, and even in encouraging me …

The Speech of H. B. Patriarch Sako at the Installation of Mosul Archbishop It is my pleasure to place the new Archbishop, Mikhaeel Najeeb Michaeel in the hands of Christian and Muslim community of Mosul and Akre. At the same time, I would like to place you all as a …

Episcopal Ordination Speech of His Beatitude Sako 18 January 2019 We are delighted to have you all here today, Ambassadors, Ministers, Religious Leaders, Family members of the 2 newly ordained Bishops, Friends and Faithful. We would like also to express gratitude for our guests who have traveled long distances to be with …

Cardinal Sako Congratulates Iraqis on the 2019 New Year Eve: Coexistence in Peace and Mutual Respect is the Only Solution The ethnic roots of Iraqi Christians can be traced back to thousands of years, as they are descendants of the Chaldean (Abraham of Ur), Assyrians, Aramaics, and the Arabic tribes …