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July 8, 2014

Iraq facing perhaps its 'darkest and most difficult period,' says patriarch

Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take their positions during clashes with the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the city of Ramadi June 19. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako called the current situation in Iraq “perhaps the darkest and most difficult period in (the Church’s) recent history.”

AMMAN, Jordan - The patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad called the current situation in his country "perhaps the darkest and most difficult period in (the Church's) recent history."

Published in International