.Iraq Church gets ransom demand for priest-report
ROME, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The Catholic Church in Iraq has received a ransom demand for a priest who was kidnapped in Baghdad, Rome-based Catholic news agency Misna said on Tuesday.
"They want money," Misna quoted Emmanuel Delly, the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, as saying.
The agency said the kidnappers of the priest, Saad Syrop Hanna, had telephoned the Church to make their demands and had said he was in good health.
Last Saturday Pope Benedict issued an appeal for the release of the priest, who was abducted on Aug. 15.
The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite church that is in communion with Rome.
Reuters
"They want money," Misna quoted Emmanuel Delly, the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, as saying.
The agency said the kidnappers of the priest, Saad Syrop Hanna, had telephoned the Church to make their demands and had said he was in good health.
Last Saturday Pope Benedict issued an appeal for the release of the priest, who was abducted on Aug. 15.
The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite church that is in communion with Rome.
Reuters
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