Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad March 6, 2021. (CNS/Paul Haring) ...

Father Noel Gorgis leads his congregation in Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon in January 2015. An order for priests to return to Iraq has caused a rift in the church.

The head of the Catholic Church meant a great deal to metro Detroit's Chaldean community. He was the first pope to visit Iraq . "He was one of us," Gorgies said.

Although a devout Christian, Eva Aboona missed the Palm Sunday church services that launched Holy Week on April 9.

A woman holds her rosary beads during an emergency Mass at St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon on Oct. 22, 2014. 10News. The Rev. Noel Gorgis talks to reporters on Oct. 22, ...

Pope Francis said Mass at the Chaldean Catholic cathedral in Baghdad on the second day of a three-day visit to Iraq intended to strengthen the hope of the country’s persecuted Christian minority ...

Currently the plumpish, bespectacled priest lives at a Catholic hospital, celebrates mass in its chapel, depends for clothing and pocket money on the $2 or $3 his Chaldeans give in weekly collections.

Denomination: Chaldean Catholic. Founded locally: 1973. Senior pastor: Father Michael J. Bazzi (Cathedral is also seat of Bishop Sarhad Yawsip) Congregation size: Together with St. Michael's, St ...

Pope Francis walks next to Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, right, as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad March 6, 2021. (CNS/Paul Haring) ...

For the Rev. Father Fadie Gorgies of the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in Troy, ... Pope Francis arrives to hold a mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2021.

The head of the Catholic Church meant a great deal to metro Detroit's Chaldean community. He was the first pope to visit Iraq . "He was one of us," Gorgies said.