Closing their annual synod meeting the Chaldean bishops highlighted the persecution of Christians and the scourge of seemingly unending conflict in the Middle East, calling on the Iraqi government to do more to protect Christians and calling for a two-state solution to end the Israel-Hamas war.
The Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon expressed “deep concern about the international conflicts and wars taking place in the Middle East, especially the Holy Land” in a statement issued at the close of their annual synod in Baghdad, which ran from 15 – 19 July and was presided over by Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
