The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church traveled to Berlin on
October 17 to address the Atlantic Council’s task force on the future of
Iraq.
Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako emphasized that if Mosul is liberated
from ISIS, “the involved Western governments should assist the refugees
in returning to their homes, securing areas of conflict, providing full
protection for them, restoring their rights and properties, contributing
to the reconstruction of towns and cities, compensating the resulted
damages, and helping the restoration of the cultural and religious
heritage of all its components,” according to a statement from the
patriarchate.
Patriarch Sako also called upon the UN to push for changes to the
Iraqi constitution to foster the separation of religion and state.