Killed Italian envoy's widow tearfully tells pope of husband's aid work

Zakia Seddiki, widow of slain Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, with daughters greets Pope Francis during the 10th World Meeting of Families at the Vatican, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Muslim widow of the Italian ambassador killed last year in Democratic Republic of Congo broke into tears on Wednesday as she told Pope Francis of her Catholic husband's commitment to help African children.

Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed during a botched kidnapping on a road in eastern Congo as they were heading to visit a United Nations humanitarian project at a school.