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July 31, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim leaves Italy for new life in New Hampshire

Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan carries one of her children as she arrives with Lapo Pistelli, Italy's vice minister for foreign affairs, holding her other child, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, left, and his wife Agnese, second from left in green, after landing at a Rome airport July 24. The Sudanese woman, who was spared a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity and then was barred from leaving Sudan, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States where she plans to build a new life.

ROME - Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and then spared after an international campaign, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States, where she plans to build a new life.

Published in International
July 24, 2014

Free from ordeal in Sudan, woman condemned for apostasy meets Pope

Meriam Ibrahim

VATICAN CITY - Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ.

Published in International
June 24, 2014

Sudanese Catholic woman convicted of apostasy is released from prison

Meriam Ibrahim

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Meriam Ibrahim, 26, a Catholic woman convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian, was released from prison June 23, her lawyer said.

Published in International
May 28, 2014

Canada’s bishops seek release of condemned Sudanese Christian woman

Canada’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Andrew Bennett, pictured, had issued a statement saying Canada “is shocked and appalled” by the sentence of the Christian mother who at the time was expecting her second child.

OTTAWA - Canada's Catholic bishops are pressing both the Canadian and Sudanese governments for the release of a Christian woman condemned to death for apostasy from Islam.

Published in Canada
May 25, 2014

Sudanese churches condemn death sentence for pregnant Christian

Sudanese churches condemn death sentence for pregnant Christian

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Churches in Sudan, including the Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference, have condemned the death sentence handed to a pregnant Christian who refused to renounce her faith.

Published in International