Some Chaldeans and their supporters are wondering why more Christian Americans—their co-religionists—are not speaking out against the impending deportation of hundreds of them from the U.S. to Iraq.

Their actions of several Catholic groups follow the appointment of a panel of experts set up by Pope Francis to consider the controversial question.

The chalice was handcrafted primarily with wood from a refugee boat that landed upon the beaches of Lampedusa.

Pope Francis will create five new cardinals at a consistory in Rome scheduled for June 28.