Baghdad suicide bombs throw papal trip into uncertainty
Jan 22, 2021 senior correspondent
Two deadly suicide bombs rocked Baghdad Thursday morning, casting further doubt on Pope Francis’s upcoming March visit as concerns over security and the risks surrounding the coronavirus increase.
ROME – Two deadly suicide bombs rocked Baghdad Thursday morning, casting further doubt on Pope Francis’s upcoming March visit as concerns over security and the risks surrounding the coronavirus increase.
In a Jan. 21 telegram from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin to Iraqi President Barham Salih in the wake of Thursday’s attack, Parolin said the pope was “deeply saddened” by the incident.