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Filename: 050118cpp002
Description: Syrian Catholic Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa (R) of Mosul, Iraq, poses with Patriarch Chaldean.Casmoussa, 66, the Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped on January 17, 2005 in what the Vatican called an 'act of terrorism.' Casmoussa was believed to be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be abducted in Iraq, where the local church has been the target of a bombing campaign which has rattled the tiny Christian minority
Object name: 050118cpp002
Credit: ©CATHOLICPRESSPHOTO