Two attempts to assassinate Pope Francis when he made a historic visit to northern Iraq were foiled by British spies and police inside the country, Francis has revealed in his new autobiography.

Pope Francis attended a prayer service in Mosul's Old City during the visit A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence ...

Pope Francis has claimed a plot to assassinate him during a 2021 visit to Iraq involving two suicide bombers was foiled thanks to the intervention of British intelligence and Iraqi security forces.

Pope Francis has revealed that there were two assassination attempts on his life. Francis, who turns 88 today (17 December), revealed the details of the attack in his autobiography. The attempts were ...

Pope Francis’ upcoming autobiography, “Hope,” details two attempts on his life in 2021 during a historic trip to Iraq. According to Politico’s translation of excerpts from “Hope,” which were published ...

Security forces thwarted a pair of assassination attempts against Pope Francis — including a suicide bomber — during his March 2021 visit to Iraq, the pontiff shared in his new memoir.

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Matthias Matthijs is senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations. After a shellacking for his centrist ...

The first-ever Iraq visit by a pope could've ended disastrously, but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me ...

Suicide bombers had planned to attack Pope Francis on a trip to Iraq in 2021, but were killed before they could strike, according to his autobiography. British intelligence informed Iraqi police ...