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Deep Dive: Iraqi cardinal loses state recognition amid escalating intra-Christian confrontation
Iraq's president has revoked state recognition of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
The measure, which has prompted a series of reactions-including from the supreme Shiite religious authority-threatens Sako's legal control of church property.
Some observers point to a power struggle between the cardinal and a rival Christian politician as driving the change.
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