Monthly Archives: March 2008

Mosul, Mar 5, 2008 / 04:06 pm (CNA).- The Christian communities in Iraq have launched a prayer campaign for the release of Catholic Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul, who was kidnapped by a group of armed men on February 29.…

Chaldean Church in Lebanon united denunciation calls against the kidnap of Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho and the killing of his three bodyguards. Beirut Chaldean Archbishopric held a news conference attended by a number of…

Mosul (AsiaNews) – Exactly a week since the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul, Mgr Faraj Rahho, was kidnapped, concern for his fate remains high. Last night his kidnappers made contact after three days of silence. “They reaffirmed their terms but still won’t allow…

By Kareem Zair / Azzaman, March 5, 2008 Iraqi Christians are target of oppression from religious militias and despite their suffering there is no one to defend them, said Patriarch Amaneul Dali, the head of the Chaldean Catholic community in Iraq.…

Clergyman’s captors raise demand to $2.5 million, add ‘impossible’ conditions. ISTANBUL, March 6 (Compass Direct News) – Kidnappers have set today as the ransom deadline for the release of an Iraqi Archbishop abducted last week, a church…

FEARS for the life of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, captured by gunmen last week, were growing on Wednesday after negotiators had still not heard from him after five days.…

Catholic Online – On Friday February 29, 2008 the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Iraq, Paulos Faraj Rahho was kidnapped at gunpoint. Three men traveling with him were killed.…

By Sam Dagher The bullets lay on the desk amid Bibles and rosaries. They’re for two pistols owned by Father Ayman Danna. “The only solution left for our people is to bear arms. We either live or die. We must…

John Eibner, who heads a worldwide Christian human rights group, says although the U.S.-led military surge is reducing violence overall in Iraq, the situation for Christians is still tense and dangerous.…

Vatican Radio (06 Mar 08 – RV) A Delegation of the Signatories of the Open Letter, “A Common Word”, addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and signed by 138 Muslim scholars concluded a two-day meeting with a Delegation representing the Pontifical Council for Inter-…

Baghdad: Nuri Al Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister said on Tuesday his top priority is ensuring safety for the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop and his release.…

By Kareem Zair / Azzaman, March 5, 2008 Iraqi Christians are target of oppression from religious militias and despite their suffering there is no one to defend them, said Patriarch Amaneul Dali, the head of the Chaldean Catholic community in Iraq.…

Amman (ENI). Jordanian Prince El Hassan bin Talal, who chairs the board of trustees of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, has condemned strongly…

Iraq’s tiny Christian community is living in fear after the abduction of a Chaldean Archbishop in Mosul, a city in the northern Nineveh province last week.…

Baghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Tuesday ordered the interior ministry and security forces of the northern Nineveh province to intensify efforts to release the kidnapped Catholic archbishop Faraj Rahho.…

The European Union’s Slovenian presidency condemned in a statement on Sunday the kidnapping of Chaldean Archbishop Faraj Rahhu in Iraq calling for his immediate and…

by Jennifer Gold /christiantoday.com The UN envoy to Iraq has called on the country’s government to step up its protection of minorities after the abduction of a Chaldean Catholic in Mosul, northern Iraq, last week.…

By Michael Holden BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy to Iraq called on the government to do more to protect minorities after gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.…

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — Security forces fanned out across the northern Iraqi city of Mosul searching for a Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped after a shootout, police said on Saturday.…

Kidnappers in negotiations for release of cleric in Iraq: report The Syriac Christian archbishop of Mosul has begun negotiating the release of his Chaldean counterpart kidnapped in the northern Iraqi city, the MISNA news agency reported Saturday.…