WYD Keynote Speaker: Archbishop Bashar Warda

On Genocide of Christians in Iraq, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, Iraq, shares his witness to faith and the experience of his people’s genocide by ISIS in the Middle East with pilgrims to the Mercy Centre.

Archbishop Warda asked thousands of youth gathered at WYD to continue praying for their brothers and sister in Iraq who decided to keep their faith and leave everything behind.