ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: The road to church unity is not easy
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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The path to restore full unity between Churches and ecclesial communities is not as easy as some imagine , said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. In a statement published by the official channels of the Patriarchate, the Iraqi Cardinal admits that the question of restoring full sacramental unity among the baptized is a complex question . The Churches and ecclesial communities according to the Patriarch, could not be united by force and also not stripped of their individual identity by decree , because the Church is not a mere administrative entity , but a reality with its own, unmistakable spiritual nature. At the present moment there are sociological and cultural aspects that complicate the situation, since in our world today pluralism is recognized and affirmed as a positive value, while homologation processes are denounced. The histo
The Covid pandemic “is not a punishment from God, but the result of people’s wrong behavior towards the environment and life and their desperate search for money, which feeds the proliferation of weapons and prepares new wars,” said Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church since 2013.
May 26, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: Born in 1948, Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako became Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 2013. The church (CNEWA profile) is among the Eastern Catholic churches in full communion with the Holy See.
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Iraqi Cardinal: Secular State Is ‘Only Future’ for Mideast Christians
26 Apr 2021
ROME Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako has reiterated his call for the creation of non-confessional states in the Middle East that give equal standing to all citizens, regardless of their religion.
“I think the only future for countries in the Middle East is to set up a secular regime, and to respect religion,” Cardinal Sako said this weekend, during a virtual panel discussion titled, “The Future of Christianity in the Middle East,” organized by Fellowship and Aid to the Christians of the East (FACE).
Sako, who is the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis in 2018, a move viewed by many as recognition of his leadership during the years of harsh persecution of Christians under the Islamic State terror group.
April 20, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: The Chaldean Patriarch’s comments follow the papal apostolic journey to Iraq in March.
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