Father Saleem of the Chaldean Catholic Church passed away in Ankawa on Tuesday at the age of 83. Born in 1943, Saleem entered the Saint John the Beloved Seminary of the Dominican Fathers in Mosul. He was ordained as a priest in 1968 at Saint Maskinta in Mosul. This is the priestly motto he chose: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel.” (1 Corinthians 9:16) Saleem ministered at Sacred Heart Church in the Arab quarter near the Erbil Citadel i…
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