Pope Frances will travel to Albania on Sunday, despite a recent warning from Iraq's ambassador to the Holy See that the pontiff could be targeted there by Islamist State jihadists. This is the pope’s first visit outside Italy to a European country. Albania is predominantly Muslim. Francis has said he wants to visit Albania to highlight the rebirth of Christianity that was brutally abolished during communist rule. The Roman Catholic Church leader has said that Albania is an...
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