A project to erect a church in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar, also equipped with a meeting room useful, in particular, to welcome Christian pilgrims from Iraq and all over the world who want to reach the place where Prophet Abraham’s journey to the Promised Land takes off. This is the project – and also the dream – recently presented to the Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, by the Chaldean engineer Adour Ftouhi Boutros Katelma. The Iraqi engineer – according to the information organs of the Chaldean Patriarchate – presented the project as a donation of his, offering to make available the funds necessary for its realization. The Patriarch and Cardinal Sako, for his part, encouraged and blessed the initiative, suggesting that the church be dedicated to Ibrahim al Khalil, Abraham, father of all believers, and to name the meeting room for pilgrims after Pope Francis who, on March 6, 2021, also visited Ur of the Chaldeans during his apostolic journey to the country. During the meeting between engineer Boutros Katelma and Patriarch Sako, it was learned that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi also expressed his approval of the project.

Source: Agenzia Fides