Catholic Bishop kidnapped in Iraq found dead

[dailykoff]

ROME - A Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq last month has been found dead, the news agency of Italian bishops' conference reported on Thursday.

The SIR news agency says Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was found dead near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where he had been abducted.

"Monsignor Rahho is dead. We have found him lifeless near Mosul," the agency quoted the auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, Monsignor Shlemon Warduni, as saying. "The kidnappers had buried him."

Rahho was kidnapped on Feb. 29 soon after he left Mass in Mosul. Three people who had been with him were killed by the kidnappers. Pope Benedict XVI immediately called for his release and said the abduction was an "abominable" act.

The Chaldean church is an Eastern-rite denomination that recognizes the authority of the pope.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_archbishop_2

Thanks CIA! :mad:

[Ghost in the Machine]

1. Well, you know, god must have needed him in heaven more than

he was needed here on earth....

At least that's what some religious freak told a friend of mine when her 5 year old son was killed in a freak accident...

[DesertRat]

2. That's so sad.

Rest in peace, Monsignor Rahho.

[dailykoff]

3. Genocide is a gruesome business

and blaming it on Islamic extremists is ridiculous and sad, not that anybody officially has, but I think that's what we're supposed to believe.