Posted on 02/10/2015 2:51:29 PM PST by marshmallow
Father Basel Yaldo, a Chaldean Catholic priest who has served for the last nine years in suburban Detroit, was ordained on Friday, February 6, as an auxiliary bishop in Baghdad. He was one of two Detroit-area Chaldean priests elevated by Pope Francis. Bishop Yaldo, 44, will serve in Baghdad while the other, 58-year-old Chorbishop Emanuel Shaleta, will serve in Toronto.
Nine years ago Father Basel was kidnapped in his native Iraq by anti-Christian extremists. For three days, he was beaten by his captors. After his release he continued to receive death threats, until finally in 2007 he was transferred to the United States for his own safety. He has served at St. George Chaldean Catholic Church in Shelby Township, a suburb north of Detroit.
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Beautiful!
***Nine years ago Father Basel was kidnapped in his native Iraq by anti-Christian extremists. ***
Hindus?
Buddhists?
Shintoists?
Atheists?
Druids?
Man, this is tough!
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