Fewer than 70 Christian families remain in key Iraqi city, Chaldean patriarch warns

Fewer than 70 Christian families remain in key Iraqi city, Chaldean patriarch warns

Fewer than 70 Christian families still live in Mosul, Iraq — a city that was once home to more than 50,000 baptized Christians — according to… The post Fewer than 70 Christian families remain in key Iraqi city, Chaldean patriarch warns appeared first on CatholicVote org.

Fewer Than 70 Christian Families Remain in Mosul, Chaldean Patriarch Warns - Coptic Solidarity

By catholicvote.org  Fewer than 70 Christian families still live in Mosul, Iraq — a city that was once home to more than 50,000 baptized Christians — according to Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Speaking to Austrian diplomats and policymakers in Vienna Sept. 24, he described the sharp decline as part of a broader crisis facing Christianity in the region, Agenzia Fides reported. During his remarks, the patr…