Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch and bishop amid corruption scandal

The pope has accepted the resignations of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako and Bishop Emanuel Shaleta.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignations of both the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and a bishop arrested last week on charges of financial crimes.

Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

The Vatican announced March 10 that the pope had accepted the resignations of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako a…