ASIA/IRAQ Coronavirus pandemic: Election of the new Assyrian patriarch postponed due to new wave of infections


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Representatives of the minorities block the inclusion of exclusively Islamic experts in the Supreme Court Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The new wave of infections, which also affects Iraq and the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, has resulted in the election of the new Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East being postponed to a later date. The current Patriarch, Mar Gewargis III Sliwa, will therefore continue to exercise the patriarchal office until the health conditions in the region allow the Assyrian bishops to meet for a new electoral synod. The decision to postpone was announced in the last few days by...