Patriarch Sako: Iraq’s Christians ‘have a vocation in this country'
According to Vatican News, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako, head of Iraq’s Chaldean church, stated:
Despite everything that we’ve lived through, we still think that we have a vocation in this country, where Muslims are the majority, to bear witness to our faith.He spoke after celebrating Mass for the reconsecration of Mosul’s historic Al-Tahira church, which was desecrated by ISIS in 2014.
The Patriarch noted that Iraqi Christians
have suffered a lot, and are tired.There are approximately 200,000 Christians in Iraq, significantly fewer than the millions that lived there just a few decades ago.
Author's summary: Patriarch Sako affirms Iraqi Christians' role.
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