A Chaldean priest is kidnapped in Baghdad
Fr. Nawzat P. Hanna, parish priest of Mar Pithion, was abducted this morning in the capital�s al-Baladiyat quarter. Baghdad�s auxiliary bishop: �We will pray for his immediate release, but we will not submit to fear�. Local Christians warn of systematic plan by terrorists to �clean-up� the city quarter by quarter...
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LORD HAVE MERCY!
LORD HAVE MERCY!
LORD HAVE MERCY!

LORD JESUS CHRIST, SON OF THE LIVING GOD, HAVE MERCY AND SEND YOUR SERVANT PRIEST HANNA HOME TO YOUR PEOPLE. Lord surround him with your holy angels confound the wicked that is camped about him. As you did the three young men in the firey furnace, also confuse the men who took him by your angels keeping watch over him,that noting may happen to him. St Feranous(sp) please find him and bring Fr Hanna home safely in the name of Jesus our Lord, Amen.

Through the intercession of Sts. Fanourios and Anthony of Padua I pray that Father Nawzat will be released.

Other patrons of kidnapping victims are:
* Arthelais
* Dagobert II

All you Angels and Saints pray for the release of Father Nawzat!

GLORY TO GOD! THANK YOU SWEET JESUS! THANK YOU HOLY ANGELS FOR PROTECTING HIM AND BRINGING HIM HOME TO HIS PEOPLE. MAY HIS MINISTRY INCREASE - JESUS SAID IF THEY HATED ME, THEY WILL HATE YOU. BY THEIR HATE, MAY THE POWER OF HIS MINISTRY INCREASE AND BRING ABOUT GREAT CONVERSIONS OF MUSLIMS.

Free, but �deeply marked� the Chaldean priest kidnapped in Baghdad Fr. Nawzat P. Hanna was released yesterday after three days in captivity. Currently he is in safe keeping in the capital, but he bares marks of having been beaten. Baghdad�s auxiliary bishop: �Let us pray that these episodes do not happen again and that our priest finds the courage to remain in Iraq, to serve his Church�...


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