{"id":554,"date":"2008-03-17T17:46:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T17:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/03\/pope-celebrates-memorial-mass.php"},"modified":"2008-03-17T17:46:48","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T17:46:48","slug":"pope-celebrates-memorial-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/03\/pope-celebrates-memorial-mass","title":{"rendered":"Pope Celebrates Memorial Mass for Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Found Dead in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press &#8211; March 17, 2008 <\/strong><br \/>\nVATICAN CITY &#8211; Pope Benedict XVI urged Iraqi Christians on Monday to find the strength to keep working for a peaceful future after the death of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul.<br \/>\nBenedict celebrated a memorial Mass in a Vatican chapel in honor of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho. His body was found last week near the northern city of Mosul, from where he had been abducted on Feb. 29.<br \/>\nBenedict has called Rahho&#8217;s death an &#8220;inhuman act of violence&#8221; that offended human dignity.<br \/>\nOn Monday in his homily, Benedict called Rahho a man of peace and dialogue who paid particular attention to the poor and handicapped in his flock.<br \/>\n&#8220;Let his example support all Iraqis of goodwill &#8211; Christians and Muslims &#8211; to work for a peaceful co-existence, founded on human brotherhood and reciprocal respect,&#8221; Benedict said.<br \/>\nBenedict has consistently criticized attacks against Iraqi Christians by Islamic extremists, and Rahho&#8217;s death appears to have had a strong impact on him. On Sunday, in denouncing the death and the five-year-old Iraq war, Benedict issued one of his strongest appeals for peace yet.<br \/>\n&#8220;Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!&#8221; Benedict said to applause at the end of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter&#8217;s Square.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press &#8211; March 17, 2008 VATICAN CITY &#8211; Pope Benedict XVI urged Iraqi Christians on Monday to find the strength to keep working for a peaceful future after the death of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul. 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