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A handout photo released by the Osservatore Romano and taken on July 24, 2014 shows Pope Francis (R) standing near Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag (C) and her children Maya and Martin, and her husband Daniel Wani during a private audience at the Vatican. Ishag who was sentenced to death for renouncing Islam, then acquitted after intense international pressure on Khartoum, arrived today in Italy with her family en route to the United States. AFP PHOTO / HAND OUT / OSSERVATORE ROMANO

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