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ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Pandemic is not a punishment from God
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Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid 19 pandemic, which caused pain and fear throughout the human family, 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 . This is what Cardinal Raphael Louis Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, said in the homily he delivered during the liturgical celebration he presided over on the evening of May 31st in the Church dedicated to Saint Paul in the al-Zaafraniya district of Baghdad at the end prayer marathon convened by Pope Francis during the month of May to call for the end of the pandemic.
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako to Christian politicians: unite forces and strategies, free yourselves from sectarianism IRAQ 2021-04-14 2021-04-12
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi acronyms and political parties encouraged by Christian activists must bring together the forces, strategies and policies to tackle together the emergencies and problems that weigh on the life of local Christian communities. Otherwise, their activism in no particular order will end up contributing to the slow erosion of the Christian presence in Iraq. The appeal comes from Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, who in a speech with an alarming tone directly criticized the ways in which militants and aspiring Christian political leaders are moving in view of the next national political elections, scheduled for October 10, 2021. In his appeal, broadcast by the official channels of the Chaldean Patriarchate, the Patriarch also offers his willingness