Bishop Mitja Leskovar, the apostolic nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Vatican) in Iraq announced this Saturday that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
He is the key man in the Pope's trip to Iraq, which will begin this Friday, March 5 and should last until March 8.
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The apostolic nuncio told Reuters that he and his team were immediately placed in solitary confinement in the nunciature. "
This will not affect the program of the Pope's trip, which will take place according to the announced program,
" he confirmed. Scheduled for last December but postponed due to sanitary conditions, it will be the first visit of a pope to Iraq: the predecessors of Francis, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, had to give it up for security reasons.
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