An Iraqi woman holding a rosary. / Elise Harris/CNA.CNA Newsroom, Oct 19, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA).The Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako and Auxiliary Bishop Basilio Yaldo of Baghdad, Iraq, recently visited a Baghdad compound from which a number of Christian families are facing eviction.Sako and Yaldo are seeking to find quick alternatives to shelter the large numbers of Christians who are now facing the threat of homelessness this winter, reported ACI MENA, CNA s partner agency for the Middle East and Northern Africa.Sako told the agency he reached out to government officials in order to postpone the decision or find suitable places to house the residents who will be without a roof over their heads otherwise.Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako (left) and Bishop Basilio Yaldo visit the "Virgin Mary compound" in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2022. saint-adday.com via ACI MENAFollowing his visit, Sako issued a statement appealing to the responsible authorities in
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