New Chaldean Patriarch
Chaldean Synod elects new Patriarch of Baghdad to succeed Cardinal Sako. In an address to the bishops meeting for the Synod in Rome, Pope Leo said they were ‘called to elect the patriarch in a delicate and complex, and sometimes even controversial, period’. The Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church elected Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona […]
Lebanon church leaders plan ‘summit’ for recovery road map
13 JULY 2021, THE TABLET By Catherine Pepinster. Church leaders in Lebanon are planning to hold a summit with Muslim leaders about the future of the troubled nation, as part of a “road map” given to them by Pope Francis, according to Maronite patriarch Cardinal Béchara Rai. According to Cardinal Rai, the leaders were offered […]