Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for Iraq’s displaced Christians – despite fresh reports showing the extent of the destruction of their homes in the Nineveh Plains.
Archbishop Warda said the churches aim to rebuild “so that the IDPs are able to return to the villages of their forefathers with hope and security”.
The Chaldean archbishop stressed that reconstruction could not begin until Mosul was liberated and villages were cleared of bombs and booby traps.
Archbishop Warda said: “The desecration and destruction in the newly liberated villages was so personal in its hatred and anger, that it dealt further deep and destabilising blows to the IDPs when witnessing their destroyed homes, livelihoods and communities.”
