Middle East Christians need Rome’s support: Patriarch Sako

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There is also need for more representation of Eastern Catholics at the Curia
Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner
Patriarch Louis-Raphael Sako during a Mass in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan on Oct. 25, 2016. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP)

Nineteen Chaldean bishops met with Pope Francis and several dicasteries during their ad limina visit to the Vatican last week. They frankly shared their concerns over the crisis in the Arab-Muslim world, Patriarch Louis-Raphael Sako told “La Croix.”

Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner for “La Croix” interviewed Patriarch Louis-Raphael Sako. The interview follows:

La Croix: Pope Francis held an audience with 19 of your bishops on Feb. 5. It is now just over six months after the fall of Mosul, where the roots of your church are based. What did you tell him?

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