Monthly Archives: March 2008

Chicago, Illinois – March 13, 2008 It is with great sadness to learn of the death of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Mosul, Iraq. The Assyrian American National Federation is appalled by the kidnapping and killing of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho and…

By Nina Shea The Catholic Chaldean archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho, was found dead Thursday in a shallow grave in that northern Iraq city. On February 29, Islamist extremists had abducted the 65-year-old prelate while he prayed, in Aramaic, the…

The death of a high-ranking Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq has provoked outcry from the Christian community over the increased violent acts directed at Iraq’s tiny and rapidly shrinking Christian community …

Keramless -Taher Ablahad /Ankawa.com /Eclusive Photos:Sam Shaker and Taher Ablahad On Friday, the faithful paid last respects to the martyr Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul. Mourners from Mosul and other cities across Iraq gathered in…

The patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic church, Emmanuel III Delly, tearfully urged Christians on Friday not to seek revenge for the death of the archbishop of Mosul, whose body was found in a shallow grave two weeks after being kidnapped.…

(Washington, DC) – Members of the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA) expressed profound sadness and condemned the senseless murder of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. Archbishop Rahho had not been…

New York, 14 March (AKI) – The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the death of Monsignor Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Archbishop of the Chaldean Church of Mosul, who had been kidnapped by gunmen last month.…

Patrick Goodenough / International Editor (CNSNews.com) – The best thing the church worldwide can do for Iraq’s beleaguered Christians is support a push for a secure province for the community, an activist campaigning for autonomy for Iraq’s ethnic Assyrians said Friday.…

I send my condolences to the Chaldean community and the people of Iraq on the death of Archbishop Rahho. I deplore the despicable act of violence committed against the Archbishop of Mosul. The terrorists will continue to lose in Iraq because they are savage and…

By Peter Lamprecht ISTANBUL, March 13 (Compass Direct News) – An Iraqi archbishop kidnapped and held for ransom for 14 days has been found dead in northern Iraq in what appears to be an attempt to force Christians out of the city, church leaders said.…

(13 Mar 08 – RV) Pope Benedict XVI has deplored the death of Iraqi Archbishop, Paulos Faraj Rahho, of Mosul.…

Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq who was kidnapped last month, has been found dead near the northern city of Mosul.…

By John Phillips – Pope Benedict XVI, during his upcoming visit to Washington, plans to seek President Bush’s help in stopping the flight of Christians from Iraq, Vatican sources said yesterday. The German-born pontiff will cite the kidnapping of…

Rosie Malek-Yonan / LOS ANGELES, CA – With the world’s attention focused on the battlegrounds of Belgium and France, under the protective mask of WWI, the systematic extermination of Assyrians, Pontic Greeks and Armenians in Ottoman…

(11 Mar 08 – RV) A deadly silence, that is how Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk has described the lack of any news on the whereabouts and well being of Archbishop Rahoo, kidnapped over 12 days ago outside a Church in Mosul Iraq. The Chaldean…

Kirkuk (AsiaNews) – The Iraqi Church is “suffering profoundly” from the “darkness and silence” which reign over the kidnap of Mosul’s Chaldean Archbishop, as anxiety and concern increase among the faithful and their pastors. A fresh appeal has been…

We the signatories below, proclaim our intensive condemnation and disapproval for the kidnapping of archbishop Poles Faraj Rahho on Friday 29 February 2008.…

LONDON (CNS) – An Iraqi archbishop has expressed concern that Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul, Iraq, who was kidnapped for ransom, is sick, injured or has been killed.…

March 20 marks the fifth anniversary of the war with Iraq – a war which has cost tens of thousands of lives, displaced millions and brought fear and destruction to all communities. In recent months, Christians will also be aware that the minority…

Catholic News Agency (www.catholicnewsagency.com) Iraqi Christians of diverse rites and confessions asked the faithful of the world to join in prayer for his release.…