‘Solidarity is more than just a concept’ — Warda looks to future for Chaldean Catholic Church

“We find ourselves in a pivotal moment.”

Archbishop Bashar Warda. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.

Chaldean Catholics were surprised this month, when the Eastern Catholic Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako saw his resignation accepted March 10 by Pope Leo XIV.

Sako told Catholics that he had resigned “so that I could devote myself quietly to prayer, writing, and simple service.” Bu…