Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq
17/01/2005 - 18:37:28A Catholic archbishop in Mosul, Iraq, has been kidnapped, the Vatican said today.
“The Holy See deplores in the firmest way such a terrorist act,” a Vatican statement said, asking that he be freed immediately.
It identified the kidnapped man as Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, 66, of the Syrian Catholic Church, one of the branches of the Catholic Church.
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