The Church Prays for the Release of Chaldean Archbishop

(1 March 2008 -RV) In Iraq, the funerals were held this morning for the three people killed yesterday during the kidnapping of the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul, Faraj Rahho. The victims were the Archbishop’s driver and two of his bodyguards.  All three were the fathers of families, each with three children.  There has been no further news on Archbishop Rahho since he was seized at gunpoint following a Church ceremony. Yesterday evening Pope Benedict the 16^th appealed that “reason and humanity may prevail in the authors of the kidnapping and that the Archbishop may be restored as soon as possible to the care of his flock.” We spoke to Fr. Philip Najeem, representative to the Holy See for the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad...