Chaldean Archbishop [[Paulos Faraj Rahho]] and three companions were abducted on 29 February 2008, in Mosul, and murdered a few days later.
==Ecumenical relations==
The Church's relations with its fellow Chaldeans in the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] have improved in recent years. In 1994 [[Pope John Paul II]] and [[Patriarch Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church of the East|Patriarch Dinkha IV]] of the Chaldean Church of the East signed a ''[[Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East|Common Christological Declaration]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_11111994_assyrian-church_en.html|title=Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East|publisher=Vatican|accessdate=2009-04-01}}</ref> On the 20 July 2001, the [[Holy See]] issued a document, in agreement with the Chaldean Church of the East, named ''Guidelines for admission to the [[Eucharist]] between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East'', which confirmed also the validity of the [[Holy Qurbana of Addai and Mari|Anaphora of Addai and Mari]].<ref name="Guidelines">{{cite web|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20011025_chiesa-caldea-assira_en.html|title=Guidelines issued by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity|publisher=Vatican|accessdate=2009-04-01}}</ref>
== Structure ==
