Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was seized as he left a church in the eastern al-Nour district.
The Vatican has issued a statement saying the Pope was saddened by "this despicable act" which "touches the whole of the church in that country. The Holy Father asks the universal Church to join in his fervent prayer so that reason and humanity prevails in the kidnappers and Monsignor Rahho is returned to his flock soon," it said.
Most of Iraq's estimated 700,000 Christians are Chaldeans - Catholics who are autonomous from Rome but recognize the Pope's authority.
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