Pope calls for prayers after hospital disaster in Baghdad and migrant deaths

In the wake of a deadly fire in a Baghdad hospital treating Covid-19 patients and more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the disasters and their families. After reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with visitors in St Peter’s Square on 25th April, the pope urged those gathered there to join him in prayer.... Read More

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January 22, 2021

Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by twin suicide bombings in Baghdad

Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens of people in a crowded commercial area. In a telegram sent to Salih, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the pope “was deeply saddened to learn” of the attack at a clothing market in Tayaran... Read More

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January 9, 2020

President of US Catholic bishops urges world leaders to pursue dialogue and seek peace

Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace”. “In the face of the escalating tensions with Iran,” he said, people... Read More

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January 9, 2020

Iraqis hope attacks by US and Iran will ease and tensions will decrease

Iraqis hope the violent attacks by the US and Iran will ease and that moves to decrease tensions will take hold, said an Iraqi archbishop. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Yousif Thomas Mirkis of Kirkuk, Iraq, repeated the overarching concern of the majority of Iraqis, regardless of their religious affiliation: that foreign troops stop using their shattered... Read More

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January 7, 2020

Iraqi cardinal: Innocents will ‘be the fuel’ for fire after drone strike

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako, responding to a US drone attack in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top general, said “wisdom is required to avoid the ‘volcanic eruption’ we are about to face”. Speaking during the Epiphany Mass in Baghdad on 6th January, he said the current crisis resulted from the “upsetting escalation, as well as... Read More

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January 6, 2020

Archbishop: Iraqis have ‘big anxiety’ after drone kills Iranian general

Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the US-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani. “We prayed during the days of Christmas for peace on earth, and the timing of this revenge from America creates in... Read More

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December 31, 2018

Vatican secretary of state celebrates Christmas in Baghdad

Christians and Muslims in Iraq are called by the same God to rebuild a nation where peace, harmony and justice reign, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a Christmas visit to Baghdad. Cardinal Parolin was scheduled to be in Iraq from 24th to 28th December; he celebrated Christmas liturgies in the Chaldean,... Read More

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August 30, 2016

Stop the cancer of Daesh, urges Iraq’s Chaldean patriarch

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad called for a united and strong stance – by Muslims and non-Muslims alike – to stop the spread of the “cancer” of Daesh and other terrorist groups. In a statement on 27th August, the patriarch said it’s about time “for Muslims and non-Muslim people of goodwill around the... Read More

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July 11, 2016

Iraqi patriarch calls for tolerance, forgiveness to fight terrorism

Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako, on the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, called for tolerance and forgiveness to fight extremism, hatred and terrorism. Speaking at a prayer service on 7th July in the Karrada section of Baghdad for the victims of the 3rd July bombing that killed more than 290 people and wounded 200, the... Read More

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