Iraqi Archbishop Explains the State of Christianity in the Middle East | EWTN News Nightly

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Archbishop Bashar Matta Warda, CSsR, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Erbil, Iraq, has been very outspoken about religious persecution in the Middle East. Recently, he delivered a commencement speech at Walsh University in Ohio during which he spoke about the current social and political crises. We recently sat down with the church leader who sheds light on how there needs to be more co-existence among people of different faiths. Archbishop Warda tells us what it is like to be a Christian in the Middle East. USCIRF recently released its annual report highlighting human rights conditions around the world. In that report, they suggested putting 11 countries, including Iraq, on a special watch list, because of severe religious freedom violations. The archbishop discusses this further along with religious freedom violations in Iraq and his personal experiences. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf