Iraqi cardinal returns to Baghdad after 9-month absence

Cardinal Sako ended his self-imposed exile after a personal invitation from Iraq’s prime minister

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako returned to Baghdad Wednesday at the personal invitation of the country’s prime minister, nine months after leaving the Iraqi capital.

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, pictured during a June 2023 visit to London, England. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church left…