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Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 30 September 2006
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy_Pope Benedict XVI met Saturday with the Chaldean
Patriarch of Baghdad, the Vatican said.
The meeting with Patriarch Emmanuel Delly took place at the pope's summer
residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the hills south of Rome, and the Vatican
did not release any details.
Delly has been seeking the release of a priest who was kidnapped in Baghdad,
and the pope also has appealed publicly for his release. The Rev. Hanna Saad
Sirop, who is director of the Theology Department at Babel College, was
abducted Aug. 15 as he left Mass celebrating the Assumption holiday in the
Iraqi capital.
Christians make up just 3 percent of Iraq's 26 million people. The major
Christian groups include Chaldean-Assyrians and Armenians, with small
numbers of Roman Catholics.
Byline: n/a
Date: 30 September 2006
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy_Pope Benedict XVI met Saturday with the Chaldean
Patriarch of Baghdad, the Vatican said.
The meeting with Patriarch Emmanuel Delly took place at the pope's summer
residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the hills south of Rome, and the Vatican
did not release any details.
Delly has been seeking the release of a priest who was kidnapped in Baghdad,
and the pope also has appealed publicly for his release. The Rev. Hanna Saad
Sirop, who is director of the Theology Department at Babel College, was
abducted Aug. 15 as he left Mass celebrating the Assumption holiday in the
Iraqi capital.
Christians make up just 3 percent of Iraq's 26 million people. The major
Christian groups include Chaldean-Assyrians and Armenians, with small
numbers of Roman Catholics.