76岁的红衣主教路易·萨科(Louis Sako)因个人原因在战争前几十年和伊拉克基督徒衰落后退休,成为伊拉克迦勒底天主教会的首领。 Cardinal Louis Sako, 76, retired as patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, citing personal reasons, after decades leading during war and decline in Iraqi Christians.

伊拉克迦勒底天主教会的领袖路易斯·萨科红衣主教(Louis Sako)在76岁退休,教皇利奥十四世接受辞职。 Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, has retired at age 76, with Pope Leo XIV accepting his resignation. Sako以个人理由, 开始专注祈祷、写作和简单服务。 Sako stepped down to focus on prayer, writing, and simple service, citing personal reasons. 他的任职期长达数十年的冲突,包括伊斯兰国的崛起和区域持续不稳定,教会的伊拉克基督教人口从2003年的150万下降到大约15万人。 His tenure spanned decades of conflict, including the rise of ISIS and ongoing regional instability, during which the church’s Iraqi Christian population declined from 1.5 million in 2003 to about 150,000. 2023年,在与伊拉克政治领导人就承认他一事发生争端之后,他于2023年自行流亡,2024年,应穆罕默德·什叶派苏丹总理的邀请,他于2024年回到巴格达。 He had previously gone into self-imposed exile in 2023 after a dispute with Iraqi political leaders over his recognition, returning to Baghdad in 2024 following an invitation from Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. 他的退休是在战争加剧的情况下发生的,包括美国-以色列对伊朗的袭击和伊朗支持的民兵在伊拉克的报复性袭击。 His retirement comes amid intensified warfare, including U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks by Iran-backed militias in Iraq.