Iraq, l'appello del vescovo caldeo
Following the English text of the short interview to Mgr. Luis Sako aired by Italian TG1 RAI translated and transcribed by Baghdadhope
"We need to be helped to stay because it's our history, our country. We are not foreigners and we are the roots of Christianity, even the Western one. "
This is the concerned appeal to the international community of the Chaldean bishop of Kirkuk, Mgr. Luis Sako. The Christian presence in his country has been halved in recent years. Christians today are about 500,000 and the war has worsened the living conditions for the entire population.
"All these problems began after the fall of the regime when all the borders were open and everyone entered the country. Iraq has become a fertile field for international terrorism."
In Italy to receive the prize Defensor Fidei promoted by the magazine "Il Timone" Mgr. Sako says to be concerned about the possible race for nuclear of Iran.