Pope asks for release of kidnapped Iraqi archbishop

Pope Benedict on Friday deplored the kidnapping of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul in Iraq as "despicable" and urged the gunmen to free the prelate.


Pope Benedict on Friday deplored the kidnapping of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of
Mosul in Iraq as "despicable" and urged the gunmen to free the prelate.

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