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chaldean DIGEST<br />
What others are saying about Chaldeans<br />
Cardinal Sako: More solidarity should come from<br />
COVID-19 emergency, not only changes in the liturgy<br />
Bishops and priests must not be upset<br />
by what has been said against the<br />
temporary changes to the liturgy adopted<br />
by the Church to counter the<br />
novel coronavirus pandemic, notes<br />
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako in a<br />
message to the faithful.<br />
In his statement, the Chaldean<br />
Patriarch looks at what Cardinal<br />
Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation<br />
for Divine Worship, said<br />
in an interview which sparked a debate<br />
among the Chaldean clergy, in<br />
particular over certain practices in<br />
streamed Masses, like priests “looking<br />
at the camera” rather than God.<br />
The African prelate is also critical<br />
of the “take away” communion<br />
and priests wearing gloves and masks.<br />
Muslims too have had to change old<br />
rituals, notes Cardinal Sako, especially<br />
during Ramadan and the Eid<br />
al-Fitr. The pandemic has strengthened<br />
the faith of the church community<br />
and Masses online and on social<br />
media are a source of consolation<br />
amid fears. Besides, they are only<br />
temporary. And the congregational<br />
feedback has been overwhelmingly<br />
positive.<br />
Patriarch Sako goes on to say<br />
that all eyes are on the Eucharist,<br />
that Christ’s presence is sacramental<br />
rather than biological, and that<br />
handheld communion is an ancient<br />
tradition. He sees this time in history<br />
as an opportunity for human solidarity<br />
and asks for clergy to lead the way.<br />
Herald Malaysia Online<br />
by Cardinal Raphael Sako<br />
PHOTO CREDIT CARDINAL SAKO<br />
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako celebrating mass in the Chapel of the Patriarch with four sisters, two coadjutor bishops, and a priest.<br />
Michigan GOP, Democratic reps seek hearing on Iraqi deportations<br />
Thirteen members of Michigan’s delegation<br />
in the U.S. House are asking<br />
the Judiciary Committee for hearings<br />
on the deportation of Iraqi nationals,<br />
including Christians potentially facing<br />
religious persecution.<br />
The bipartisan letter — led by<br />
U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar, R-Midland,<br />
and Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield<br />
Township — also requests that the<br />
panel take up their bill to delay deportations<br />
for Iraqi nationals for two<br />
years until their cases have been<br />
heard in immigration court.<br />
The letter comes more than<br />
four months after President Donald<br />
Trump’s promise while in<br />
Warren to offer relief for Iraqi<br />
nationals who have been fighting<br />
deportation for three years, fearing<br />
their religion, ethnicity or ties<br />
to America would make them targets.<br />
No action has been made on<br />
that promise.<br />
Levin and Moolenaar have previously<br />
written to the U.S. Department<br />
of Homeland Security asking<br />
for Immigration and Customs Enforcement<br />
to refrain from wholesale<br />
detention and deportation of the<br />
Iraqis, and have appealed to Vice<br />
President Mike Pence and Secretary<br />
of State Mike Pompeo.<br />
Other Michigan members who<br />
signed the letter are Reps. Justin<br />
Amash, L-Cascade Township; Jack<br />
Bergman, R-Watersmeet; Debbie<br />
Dingell, D-Dearborn; Bill Huizenga,<br />
R-Zeeland; Dan Kildee, D-<br />
Flint Township; Brenda Lawrence,<br />
D-Southfield; Elissa Slotkin, D-<br />
Holly; Haley Stevens, D-Rochester;<br />
Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit; Tim<br />
Walberg, R-Tipton; and Fred Upton,<br />
R-St. Joseph.<br />
The Detroit News<br />
by Melissa Nan Burke<br />
14 CHALDEAN NEWS <strong>JULY</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
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