(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban,File) Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi ...

April 24 was chosen specifically since this was the day when on April 24, 1915, approximately 250 prominent Armenian ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani offered his “unwavering support” on Tuesday for the head of the Baghdad-based Chaldean Catholic Church to succeed Pope Francis. Cardinal Louis Sako ...

At St. Joseph Chaldean Cathedral in Baghdad, where Francis led a Mass during his 2021 visit, church pastor Nadhir Dako said the pope’s visit had carried special weight because it came at a time ...

In Mosul, the site of some of the fiercest battles between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State, Chaldean Archbishop Najeeb Moussa Michaeel recalled the pope’s visit to the battle-scarred ...

Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq. For the Rev. Father Fadie Gorgies of the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in Troy, Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of care and compassion for ...