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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

Damage is seen inside the chapel of a Chaldean Catholic residential complex in Ankawa, outside Irbil, Iraq, after an explosive drone strike March 4, 2026. The blast destroyed part of the chapel but caused no injuries; most residents had evacuated the Knights of Columbus–built complex days earlier due to security concerns. Archbishop Bashar M. Warda of Irbil said the attack has renewed fears among local Christians already scarred by past violence. (OSV News/courtesy Archdiocese of Irbil)

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Drone strike on Catholic church complex in Iraq reopens old wounds

Dale Gavlak|Mar 5, 2026|3 Min Read

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Iraq marks 10th anniversary of 'collective' tragedy under Islamic State group's terror

Dale Gavlak|Aug 8, 2024|4 Min Read

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As Iran hits northern Iraq, prelate says Middle East is 'like a volcano,' Christians are targeted

Dale Gavlak|Jan 18, 2024|4 Min Read

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Iraq minorities, including Christians, still struggle 20 years after U.S.-led invasion

Dale Gavlak|Apr 20, 2023|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 31, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Discernment is ‘indispensable for living’: Pope Francis launches new catechesis series

Courtney Mares|Aug 31, 2022|3 Min Read

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, poses for a photo during his visit to the U.S. offices of Aid to the Church in Need in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Warda: Ukraine war, inflation nags at Chaldeans' recovery in northern Iraq

Mark Pattison|Jul 19, 2022|4 Min Read

More than 20,000 Christians take part in the Palm Sunday procession led by Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan in Qaraqosh, Iraq, April 10, 2022. (CNS photo/Syriac Catholic Patriarchate)

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Holy Week in Iraq a sign that Christians are slowly returning to their homes

Inés San Martín|Apr 13, 2022|4 Min Read

A family is pictured in a 2018 photo sitting near a damaged home after an attack by suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency in Bulabulin, Nigeria. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto criticized the Nigerian government for investing millions of dollars in rehabilitating Boko Haram's so-called repentant members and ignoring rehabilitation for victims. (CNS photo/Kolawole Adewale, Reuters)

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Expert urges attention to persecuted Christians as bishops decry Islamist violence in Nigeria

Jonah McKeown|Jan 28, 2022|3 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

Pope Francis meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the Vatican, July 2, 2021. (Vatican Media via CNA)

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Pope Francis prays for Iraqi PM after assassination attempt

Courtney Mares|Nov 9, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, is pictured at the Collegio San Colombano in Rome June 26, 2018. (Robert Duncan/CNS)

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Pakistan cardinal blames ‘duplicity’ of West for rise of Islamic extremism

Inés San Martín|Oct 20, 2021|9 Min Read

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