New patriarch assumes role in Iraq in one of Middle East’s most important Christian churches

BAGHDAD (AP) — The new patriarch of one of the most important Christian churches in the Middle East assumed his duties Friday in the Iraqi capital weeks after he was elected for the post. Polis III Nona, who was born Amel Shamoon Nona, 58, replaced Cardinal Louis Sako of the Chaldean Catholic Churc...

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