AsiaNews is reporting that the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul, Archbishop Faraj Rahho, who was kidnapped last February 29 after the Stations of the Cross, is dead.This is a terrible drama that has beenlargely lostunder the wave of other news, often more ridiculous than sublime. I haven’t seen confirmation elsewhere, butwill keep checking.

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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