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‘Christianity in Iraq is perilously close to extinction,’ archbishop warns
August 07, 2019
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CWN Editor's Note: “Those of us who remain must be ready to face martyrdom,” Archbishop Bashar Warda said. “We, Christians of Iraq, who have faced 1,400 years of persecution, violence, and genocide, are prepared to speak out and bear witness to our oppressors and to the world—whatever the consequences.”
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