Egypt: Pope to Visit Egypt Despite Bombings

Vatican City — Pope Francis' trip to Egypt at the end of the month will go on as planned, despite terrorist attacks which killed more than 43 people during Palm Sunday celebrations in the country, the Vatican has said.

"There is no doubt the Holy Father will maintain his offer to go to Egypt on April 28 and 29," Monsignor Angelo Becciu, the number three official in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, said in an interview on April 10.

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