Chaldean patriarchate cancels Easter events amid government stand-off

Cardinal Sako has been living in self-imposed exile since July, after the Iraqi president revoked civil recognition of the patriarch as head of the Chaldean Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church has announced the cancellation of major events and public festivities for Easter, in protest of the Iraqi government’s ongoing refusal to recognize Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako as the legal head of the Church and the  holder of its endowments and traditional legal privileges. 

In a statement from the patriarchate issued March …