Pope Francis will meet Meriam
Ibrahim during her stay in Rome, an NGO that has campaigned for
the Christian woman who was sentenced to death in
majority-Muslim Sudan for apostasy said on Thursday.
"Meriam will crown her dream and she will see the pope,"
said Antonella Napoli, president of the Italians for Darfur
association, via Twitter.
"I promised it to her when we met".
The tweet came shortly after Vatican spokesman Father
Federico Lombardi told ANSA that "no decision" had been made on
whether Francis will meet Meriam, who was released from death
row after her case sparked international outrage.
But qualified Vatican sources confirmed that a meeting
would take place on Wednesday.
Junior Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, who led the Italian
government's negotiations with Khartoum for Meriam to be allowed
to leave Sudan and accompanied her to Italy, said that the woman
and her family with probably have some "important meetings in
the coming days".
"The Holy Father has been informed by Premier (Matteo)
Renzi about this case and he expressed his gratitude to our
country," added Pistelli.
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