Patriarch Louis Sako moved from Baghdad to Erbil last year after the state revoked a decree recognizing him as head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, a move related to a dispute with the pro-Iran militia Babylon.
ABU DHABI, 5th June, 2021 (WAM) International religious leaders and officials came together on Thursday to discuss concrete steps towards promoting human fraternity in Iraq, during a Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF) virtual event held just three months after the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, to Iraq.
His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Ayuso, a member of the Higher Committee who accompanied Pope Francis on the Iraq trip, said that Pope Francis’ visit was "another milestone in the path.