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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2014, 12:00 PM Jul 2014

Meriam Ibrahim, finally freed from Sudan, meets with Pope Francis

Josephine McKenna

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis met Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman spared a death sentence for apostasy in Sudan, at the Vatican on Thursday (July 24) after she was flown to Rome by the Italian government after a vigorous international campaign to free her.

Ibrahim, 27, was accompanied by her husband Daniel Wani and two young children when she met Francis for nearly half an hour at his Santa Marta residence.

The audience was arranged only hours after she disembarked at Rome’s Ciampino Airport with her family on an official Italian aircraft. She was smiling as she carried baby Maya, who was born just two months ago as Ibrahim was shackled in prison.

The pope thanked her for her courage and loyalty to her Christian faith despite facing threats of execution in an ordeal that lasted nearly a year.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/07/24/meriam-ibrahim-finally-freed-sudan-meets-pope-francis/

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The Vatican's check cleared? rocktivity Jul 2014 #1

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1. The Vatican's check cleared?

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Thu Jul 24, 2014, 12:14 PM

Jul 2014

Cue the Vonage theme!

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