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February 4, 2013

Chaldean Catholic bishops elect Kirkuk archbishop as new patriarch

Pope Benedict XVI meets in a private audience with Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, the new patriarch of the Iraq-based Chaldean Catholic Church, Feb. 4 at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY - The new head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, told his fellow Chaldean bishops and Vatican officials, "We want to follow the example of our martyrs who gave their lives for Christ."

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