Warda: Ukraine war, inflation nags at Chaldeans’ recovery in northern Iraq
“The prices of everything,” including food and gasoline, are “getting high,” said Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq. “Everything is higher by 25%.”
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by bcadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Aid to the Church in Need, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News | 0 |
“The prices of everything,” including food and gasoline, are “getting high,” said Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq. “Everything is higher by 25%.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2021 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, News | 0 |
Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil said the papal visit to the country in March helped to inspire and recharge Iraq, which has struggled to regain a firm footing after years of conflict and sectarian violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Iraq, News, Uncategorised, USCCB | 0 |
When fighters from the Islamic State group overran huge swaths of Iraq seven years ago, they laid waste to an untold number of buildings and religious sites.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2020 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, Middle East Christianity, News, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Pope Francis | 0 |
Church leaders in Iraq have praised Pope Francis’s decision to come in March amid a pandemic as a brave decision, voicing hope that it will encourage Christians to stay in the country despite present difficulties.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 21, 2020 | Anti-Christian persecution, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, News, President Joe Biden, Trump administration | 0 |
One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention granted to religious freedom during the past four years would continue with the next administration.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 1, 2020 | Anti-Christian persecution, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, humanitarian aid, Jeremy Barker, Kent Hill, lead, News, Religious Freedom Institute, Stephen Rasche | 0 |
Advocates for Christians in the Middle East seek an overhaul to the way humanitarian aid is distributed to persecuted Christians.
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