His Eminence Archbishop Mor Dionysius John Kawak was invited by the State Department to attend the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, in Washington DC on July 16th -18th, 2019. The secretary of State Pompeo kicked off the second ministerial in the presence of Sam Brownback ambassador at large for religious freedom. Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi also spoke about religious freedom. More than 100 foreign delegations, and more than 1,000 representatives were invited to the second ministerial.
