Pope calls Synod of Iraqi Bishops

Pope Benedict has called a Synod of bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church to take place in January, 2013. The aim of the Synod will be to elect a successor to His Beatitude Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father on Wednesday. With a heritage dating back to the earliest years of Christianity, the Chaldean Church is