Significant other risks also attend the visit, long desired by Pope Francis and highly anticipated by the sorely tried people of the country.
-- Rome -- The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for coronavirus and is in isolation at a site removed from the nunciature -- the Vatican embassy -- in Baghdad. The Catholic Herald confirmed the news with sources inside the Vatican, after Italy's ADNKronos agency reported the news on Saturday. One source with knowledge of the situation told the Herald on Sunday that part of the staff at the nunciature is also in quarantine, while they await results of testing.
