Indian archbishop says accusations of conversion 'fabricated and baseless'
- Jan 27, 2021
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.
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.