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Rome: Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped in Iraq last month, has been found dead.
The archbishop was found dead near the Iraqi city of Mosul, where he had been abducted.
"Monsignor Rahho is dead. We have found him lifeless near Mosul," the the news agency of Italian bishops' conference quoted the auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, Monsignor Shlemon Warduni, as saying.
The archbishop was kidnapped soon after he left Mass in Mosul on 29 February.
Three people who were with the archbishop at the time were killed by gunmen.
Pope Benedict XVI was said to be profoundly moved and saddened by his death, Reuters reported.
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