Posted on 11/26/2020 5:17:39 PM PST by marshmallow
WASHINGTON (CNS) — 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.
“As the church, we are nonpartisan and do our best, always, to stay free of politics,” said Chaldean Archbishop Basha Warda of Irbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
He noted that “the present administration has stayed focused. Will this continue? We pray that it will be so.”
With fewer than 250,000 professed Christians in Iraq, “it is likely we will disappear by the time the world chooses to look at us again.”
“This (Trump) administration has been clear in support of us,” Archbishop Warda said. “We hope and pray that this solidarity may continue.”
He said he was “looking for signs” in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden. “We hope to see clear messages for this issue.”
The afternoon symposium, “Act in Time: Protecting Imperiled Christians in Ancient and Other Lands,” was held by the Anglosphere Society in collaboration with the Hudson Institute, the Knights of Columbus, the Institute For Ancient and Threatened Christianity and the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
“It would be a sad day to see Christians no longer welcome in their own homeland,” said Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour of Brooklyn.
Although there has been a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe, “there’s no escaping the fact that Christians are singled out in far more places,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
Cardinal Dolan said issues involving persecution of Christian communities in the Middle East, as well as India, “have all been part of this administration’s outreach when it’s been brought to their attention.”
He said that included Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has given “a..........
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No one is that stupid.
This is a rhetorical question right? Of course they won’t.
Agree, no one is that stupid. The commie-rat party hates God, hates Christians and Jews, loves mooselimbs. Persecution would be coming. Thankfully they will never be in office.
Oh HELL NO !!!! they’ll bend you over the pew and pour the coals to you.
Hahahaha. No.
Who writes this crap?
The only religion the left has, is power. They worship power and money. Period.
Chairman Jao and Chairman XI are two birds of a feather....except Chairman XI owns Chairman Jao.
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