Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby fights ban on persecuted bishops.
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has intervened on behalf of three Christian clergymen from war-torn Iraq and Syria who have been refused entry to Britain. As the Sunday Express reported last week, the Home Office turned down visa applications from the Archbishops to attend the consecration of the UK’s first Syriac Orthodox Cathedral and to meet Prince Charles.
Now the Most Reverend Justin Welby has lobbied MPs, including Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill, on behalf of Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Archbishop of Mosul, Timothius Mousa Shamani, Archbishop of St Matthew’s, both in Iraq, and Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Archbishop of Homs and Hama in Syria.
The Church of England’s most senior bishop discussed their plight at an Advent Service for MPs last week.
