Father Saad Sirop Hanna is a catholic chaldean priest from Baghdad who was kidnapped on the 15 of August, as soon after the afternon Mass in the dangerous southern area of Dora. There are no news of him by now, it is only known that a very high ransom has been requested to the Chaldean Church.
This kidnapping follows, after neither a month, the one of another catholic chaldean priest, Fr. Raad Washan Sawa, who was released the day after his kidnapping and after having been threatened to be killed if he would not prepare a ransom of 200.000 $. Now Fr. Raad is safe abroad, but it’s not the case of Fr. Saad, still in the hands of his kidnappers after 4 days.
Today the Pope, Benedetto XVI, appealed to the kidnappers to release the abducted priest, and this appeal follows the one made by all the christian catholic and orthodox Iraqi leaders who called upon Government help by a letter addressed to the Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani, and to the Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki.
Father Saad Sirop is young, he is only 34 years old, and in Baghdad he runs the church of Saint Jacob and the Theology Department at Babel College, the only university-level Christian institution in Iraq, But he is a little bit Italian too as he lived in Rome for years to study burdens, and as He Was coming back to Rome to complete His Master.
Father Saad's kidnapping Is Another heavy blow to the Iraqi Christian community, and for this reason we join Those who appealed to Father Saad's kidnappers:
RELEASE FATHER SAAD
Father Saad Sirop Hanna is a Catholic priest in the Chaldean archbishop of Baghdad who was abducted August 15, immediately after Mass in the afternoon dangerous southern district of Dora. To date, there are still no news of him, we know only that was made a huge ransom demand.
This seizure follows, even after a month, that of another Chaldean Catholic priest, Father Raad Washan Sawa, released the day after the kidnapping and threatening to kill him if he had not prepared a ransom of $ 200,000. Today, Father Raad is safe abroad, but not so for Father Saad, 4 days from now in the hands of his captors.
E 'Today the appeal of Pope Benedict XVI for the release of the priest who follows what all the religious leaders of Iraq's Christians, Catholics and Orthodox, they asked the Iraqi government with a letter addressed to President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Father Saad Sirop
is young, he's only 34 years, Baghdad is pastor of the church of Saint Jacob and directs the Theology Department at Babel College, the only faculty of Christian teaching in Iraq, but also a bit 'Italian as he lived in Rome for some years to study and since it is in Rome that he should return to the specialization .
The abduction of Father Saad is another blow to the Iraqi Christian community, and for that reason we join the appeals have addressed the kidnappers
LIBERATE Father Saad
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