British church leaders join calls for the release of Chaldean archbishop
By staff writers
9 Mar 2008

Church leaders in Britain, including Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, have continued to make private and public appeals for the release of Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahno, who was kidnapped recently in Baghdad.

The Pope has also joined global appeals from members of all faith communities and from secular figures and politicians. There are fears that as time moves on, the fate of the archbishop grows more uncertain.

The kidnapping of the Archbishop of Mosul was likely a criminal rather than a political act, the vicar of Baghdad, Canon Andrew White, has told the Religious Intelligence website, run in association with the Church of England Newspaper. the rest