{"id":25666,"date":"2021-08-09T13:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=25666"},"modified":"2021-08-09T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:03:20","slug":"envelope-containing-three-bullets-sent-to-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/09\/envelope-containing-three-bullets-sent-to-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Envelope Containing Three Bullets Sent to Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An envelope addressed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/pope-francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a>&nbsp;and containing three bullets has been intercepted near Milan, according to Italian media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The envelope featured French postage and was addressed to &#8220;The Pope &#8211; Vatican City, Piazza S. Pietro in Rome,&#8221; Milan-based newspaper&nbsp;<em>Affaritaliani<\/em>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police reportedly seized the mail at a sorting center in Peschiera Borromeo, located on the outskirts of Milan, after its presence was reported by the manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An investigation is underway, according to\u00a0<em>Affaritaliani<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vatican has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to his public diary, Pope Francis led prayer on Sunday in Saint Peter&#8217;s Square in Vatican City\u2014more than 500 miles from where the envelope was discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope Francis is scheduled to depart on a trip to Budapest on August 12, flying from Rome&#8217;s Fiumicino International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is expected to meet with Hungary&#8217;s bishops and other Church and Jewish representatives, before departing for Bratislava, Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 84-year-old returned to full-time work after colon surgery last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An envelope addressed to&nbsp;Pope Francis&nbsp;and containing three bullets has been intercepted near Milan, according to Italian media reports. The envelope featured French postage and was addressed to &#8220;The Pope &#8211; Vatican City, Piazza S. Pietro in Rome,&#8221; Milan-based newspaper&nbsp;Affaritaliani&nbsp;reported. Police reportedly seized the mail at a sorting center in Peschiera Borromeo, located on the outskirts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":24854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[4392],"class_list":["post-25666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-pope-francis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25668,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666\/revisions\/25668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}