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Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, the Chaldean Catholic patriarch based in Baghdad, Iraq, celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 4, 2013, file photo. On March 10, 2026, Pope Leo XIV accepted resignation of Cardinal Sako, who is 77. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 10, 2026|5 Min Read

Father Emanuel Youkhana, center, meets Iraqi Christians who opened a mobile phone shop on the Ninevah Plain following the defeat of the Islamic State from the area. Father Youkhana, an archimandrite of the Assyrian Church of the East, runs the Christian Aid Program Northern Iraq, a Christian program for displaced Iraqis around the northern city of Dahuk. (CNS photo/courtesy CAPNI)

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Loss and trauma: Churches help Iraqi Christians displaced by Islamic State

Dale Gavlak|Nov 23, 2021|4 Min Read

An Iraqi Christian is shown during preparations before Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Hadi Mizban/AP via Crux)

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Iraqi prelate says secular state is lone survival strategy for Middle East Christians

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 26, 2021|5 Min Read

President of the Republic of Iraq Barham Salih is received by Pope Francis in a private audience at The Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/Pool via AP/Crux)

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Iraqi cardinal calls for religion, state separation one month after papal visit

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 6, 2021|5 Min Read

In this Jan. 18, 2019 photo, a house that once belonged to a Christian family lies in ruins, destroyed during fighting with the Islamic State, in Bartella, Iraq. (Fay Abuelgasim/AP via Crux)

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Top Iraqi Catholic praises return of Christian-owned property

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is welcomed by the Chaldean patriarch, Cardinal Luis Sako, at the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Cathedral, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

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Iraqi Catholic leader calls Pope Francis’s trip a ‘miracle’

Inés San Martín|Mar 8, 2021|4 Min Read

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