Bishop Kalabat leads prayer vigil for Iraqi Christians

Bishop Francis Kalabat led nearly 1,000 Chaldean Catholics in praying for peace and justice for persecuted Iraqi Christians at Mother of God Chaldean Church in Southfield on Aug. 1. The new bishop, ordained in June, called on the international community to recognize the violence being perpetrated by Muslim extremists against Christians in the country as an ethnic and religious genocide. (Photos by Mike Stechschulte, The Michigan Catholic)