ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2025 / 16:29 pm

His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, traveled to Rome this week to participate in a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate , the Church’s declaration on building relations with non-Christian religions.

During his stay in the Eternal City, Mar Awa III, born David Royel to Assyrian immigrant parents, met Oct. 27 with Pope Leo XIV in a private audience. The two share the same hometown of Chicago.

During the meeting, the pope urged the two churches to seek “full communion, ” proposing synodality as the path to achieving it.

However, it seems that this communion does not extend to the realm of sports.

The leader of the Assyrian Church is a fan of the Chicago Cubs, while the R

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