Pope urges Iraqi priests' release
The Pope said violence was no way of resolving tensions
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Last Updated: Sunday, 14 October 2007, 14:05 GMT 15:05 UK
Pope Benedict XVI has called for the release of two priests kidnapped in Iraq during his prayers on Sunday.
The two clerics of the Syrian-Catholic diocese of Mosul were kidnapped while attending a funeral on Saturday.
Pope Benedict, speaking in Italian outside the Vatican, asked that they "quickly let the two religious men go".
He said the news from Iraq "rattles the consciences of all those for whom the good of the country and peace in the region is held dear".
The pontiff was speaking during his traditional Sunday Angelus blessing to pilgrims and tourists at St Peter's Square in Rome.
"I learned today that two priests from the archdiocese of Mosul were kidnapped and threatened with death," Pope Benedict said.
"I call on the abductors to rapidly liberate the two clerics and I reiterate that violence does not resolve the tensions," he said.
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