CWN - Iraq’s new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, “repeated several times he personally feels responsible for the protection and defense of Christian citizens,” the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church said following a November 2 meeting.
Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako told the Fides news agency that the prime minister “deplored the phenomenon of the exodus of Christians, defining it as a great loss to the nation.” The leader also pledged to increase Iraqi military presence in Baghdad neighborhoods where Christians have been kidnapped.
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