Death row Christian woman flies out of Sudan, meets pope


  • World
  • Friday, 25 Jul 2014

ROME/KHARTOUM, July 24 - A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, then detained after her conviction was quashed, flew into Rome on an Italian government plane on Thursday and hours later met the Pope.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, whose sentence and detention triggered international outrage, walked off the aircraft cradling her baby and was greeted by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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