Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda

How Middle East Christians think about Trump’s refugee order
- Analysis
- February 2, 2017
Since Middle Eastern Christians are among those affected by Trump’s refugee order, it’s a good idea to ask what they think about it, but they seem to be saying different things. A few doses of context may help explain why that is.
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Iraq prelate backs preference for minority refugees fleeing genocide
- Global Church, Interviews
- February 2, 2017
Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil tells Crux that as long as special preferences under Trump’s new refugee order are for all victims of ISIS and not just Christians alone, it will help, and that Christians “celebrated when Trump won” in hopes it would mark an end to U.S. neglect.
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Archbishop insists, ‘There will always be Christians in Iraq’
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- October 28, 2016
The founding of a new Catholic University of Erbil in Iraq is one sign of hope amid a fairly dismal landscape for Iraq’s embattled Christian minority, but Archbishop Bashar Warda confidently says “there will always be Christians” in this traditional cradle of the faith.
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Middle East bishops say US has ‘moral responsibility’ to help Christians
- Global Church
- August 5, 2016
Three Middle Eastern bishops, two from Syria and one from Iraq, insisted in a Wednesday press conference during a Knights of Columbus convention that because the U.S. unleashed the present chaos with its 2003 invasion of Iraq, it has a special responsibility to step up to aid Christians at risk.
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