UGCC Head greeted the newly-elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church

Wednesday, 06 February 2013, 12:54
The Office of the Curia of the Major Archbishop announced that UGCC Head greeted the newly-elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. “Your Beatitude, it is with great joy that I received the news that during the Holy Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church held in Rome on January 28, 2013, you were elected as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and that you received Ecclesiastica Communio [ecclesial communion] from Pope Benedict XVI,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, in his letter of congratulations to His Beatitude Louis Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

The Office of the Curia of the Major Archbishop announced that UGCC Head greeted the newly-elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. “Your Beatitude, it is with great joy that I received the news that during the Holy Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church held in Rome on January 28, 2013, you were elected as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and that you received Ecclesiastica Communio [ecclesial communion] from Pope Benedict XVI,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, in his letter of congratulations to His Beatitude Louis Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

In his letter UGCC Head assures the newly- elected Patriarch of prayers and brotherly support from UGCC faithful: “We pray that the Lord Himself will be the source of strength for you in leading with wisdom and fatherly love the faithful which have been relegated to your pastoral care. Your Beatitude, please accept my assurances of brotherly communion and my best wishes.

Note that between January 28 and February 1, 2013  the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church took place in Rome.  During the Synod, Louis Sako was elected Head of this Church. He succeeds Cardinal Emmanuel III Deli, who resigned from the office due to ill health. According to the Press Service of the Holy Sea, the Holy Father in a special greeting wished the newly-elected Church Primate “successful pastoral work in the land of Abraham,” and wished all Iraq people the long - awaited peace, mutual understanding and harmony.

UGCC Department of Information

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