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My Brothers andSisters:
This report has been out for awhile:
Archbishop Abducted After Mass In Mosul
Latest Kidnapping Raises Church Fears For The Safety Of Christians In Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb. 29, 2008
(AP) *Gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop soon after he left Mass in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the latest in what church members called a series of attacks against Iraq’s small Christian community.
The gunmen killed three people who were with Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, said Iraqi Brig. Gen. Khalid Abdul Sattar, a spokesman for the Ninevah province police.
It was not known who was behind the kidnapping, said an aide to Iraq’s Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, leader of the church.
“This act of abduction against a Christian clergy member will increase our fears and worries about the situation of Christians in Iraq,” said Archbishop Andreos Abouna.
The Chaldean church is an Eastern-rite denomination that recognizes the authority of the pope and is aligned with the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican said in a statement the fact that the gunmen knew Rahho had been celebrating a religious rite indicated the kidnapping was premeditated.
Pope Benedict XVI asked the church “to unite in fervent prayer so that reason and humanity prevail among the authors of the kidnapping, and that Monsignor Rahho is returned quickly to the care of his flock,” the statement said.*
cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/29/iraq/main3895155.shtml
Additional stories here:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7271658.stm
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080229/wl_nm/iraq_archbishop_dc
The BBC article has some good detail about the level of persecution faced by Iraqi Catholics - Although the BBC doesn’t quite get what a Church in union with the Pope is, they do get many other important details the other articles don’t.
Please do as Pope Benedict asks and pray not only for the prompt release of a healthy and alive Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, but that the Islamists persecuting the Catholic Christians would be convicted by God, and by the loving witness of those they are persecuting, and not only stop persecuting the Christians, but be converted to faith in the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ.
Your Brother in Christ, Michael
P.S: and, Please pray for us that we consider the plight of our brothers and sisters who are under persecution because we won’t always be at peace.
This report has been out for awhile:
Archbishop Abducted After Mass In Mosul
Latest Kidnapping Raises Church Fears For The Safety Of Christians In Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb. 29, 2008
(AP) *Gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop soon after he left Mass in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the latest in what church members called a series of attacks against Iraq’s small Christian community.
The gunmen killed three people who were with Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, said Iraqi Brig. Gen. Khalid Abdul Sattar, a spokesman for the Ninevah province police.
It was not known who was behind the kidnapping, said an aide to Iraq’s Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, leader of the church.
“This act of abduction against a Christian clergy member will increase our fears and worries about the situation of Christians in Iraq,” said Archbishop Andreos Abouna.
The Chaldean church is an Eastern-rite denomination that recognizes the authority of the pope and is aligned with the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican said in a statement the fact that the gunmen knew Rahho had been celebrating a religious rite indicated the kidnapping was premeditated.
Pope Benedict XVI asked the church “to unite in fervent prayer so that reason and humanity prevail among the authors of the kidnapping, and that Monsignor Rahho is returned quickly to the care of his flock,” the statement said.*
cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/29/iraq/main3895155.shtml
Additional stories here:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7271658.stm
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080229/wl_nm/iraq_archbishop_dc
The BBC article has some good detail about the level of persecution faced by Iraqi Catholics - Although the BBC doesn’t quite get what a Church in union with the Pope is, they do get many other important details the other articles don’t.
Please do as Pope Benedict asks and pray not only for the prompt release of a healthy and alive Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, but that the Islamists persecuting the Catholic Christians would be convicted by God, and by the loving witness of those they are persecuting, and not only stop persecuting the Christians, but be converted to faith in the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ.
Your Brother in Christ, Michael
P.S: and, Please pray for us that we consider the plight of our brothers and sisters who are under persecution because we won’t always be at peace.
