Chaldean Church shuns Iraqi Christian council over al-Kildani

The Chaldean Patriarchate distanced itself this week from an Iraqi Christian council, over its alleged ties to a politician at odds with the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, the seat of the Chaldean Patriarchate in Baghdad, Iraq. Christian World via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

In a Dec. 16 statement in Arabic, the Cha…