4 minutes agoPope Francescu reveals two attempts at his assassination during visit to Iraq
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(a year ago)Two attempts at the murder of Pope Francis were prevented during his historic trip to Iraq in 2021, the Pope himself revealed. The Pope wrote that he was warned of a report by British security services that a young woman with explosives was on her way to Mosul to blow herself up during [...]
The pope wrote that he was warned of a report by British security services that a young woman with explosives was on her way to Mosul to blow herself up during his visit.
Francescu added that he was told that a van “and he had left at great speed”.
It becomes known that Francescu made these comments in the book “Hope” that will be released early next year, writes CNNHe's following in on Telegrafie.
When I asked the gendarmerie the next day what was known, the commander answered briefly that they were no longer there”, the Pope wrote, adding that they were being bugged by Iraqi police.
Otherwise, Francescu's visit to Iraq was the first by a Pope to the country and was considered a very high-risk trip, both for security reasons and because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Francescu explained he was determined to go to Iraq, a country rich in Bible history and home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.
