Kidnapped Iraqi Archbishop dead

Mar. 13 - The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop in Iraq, who was kidnapped last month, has been found dead.

The body of Paulos Faraj Rahho was found half-buried in a shallow grave in the northern city of Mosul. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed his death on al Qaeda and repeated assurances that his Shi'ite-led Islamist-led government was committed to protecting Christians, who account for about 3 percent of the population.

Pope Benedict, who'd made several appeals for the prelate's freedom, called Rahho's death "an act of inhuman violence" that offended the dignity of the human being.

Helen Long reports.