Cardinal Vincent Nichols visits Christian refugees in Iraq

Apr 11th, 2015

Refugee camp Erbil - image MSF

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, has gone to Iraq this weekend to visit Christians refugees forced to flee ISIS/Daish.

The Cardinal will be in in Erbil from Saturday to Monday Monday, April 11-13, to express the solidarity of Christians in England and Wales with refugees.

In a statement, the Church said the initiative is a sign of "solidarity with the tens of thousands of Christian refugees driven from their homes and off their land by ISIS last year from Mosul."

During his Easter Vigil homily, Cardinal Nichols reflected on the desperate plight of the refugees, who were forced to flee their homes and are now living in tented camps in northern Iraq in extreme poverty. Several babies, children and elderly people died in the freezing winter.

Echoing Pope Francis, and Cardinal Filoni, who visited the refugees last week, Cardinal Nichols is calling for more humanitarian aid and support for displaced Christians in the Middle East.

Watch: Earlier we published the foilowing interview with a 10 year-old girl who lives in the refugee camp in Erbil:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pAxAHT0jg

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