Warnings that ISIS may be plotting to attack Pope Francis during his visit to mostly Muslim Albania Sunday have been shrugged off by the Vatican. Despite warnings from Iraq’s ambassador to the Holy See that the 77-year-old could be in danger — and reports in the Italian media of new ISIS recruits returning from the Middle East to Albania — the Vatican said security measures would remain unchanged.

 

The Argentine pontiff, who habitually throws caution to the winds to mingle with the crowds, will use the same open-topped vehicle he uses in St. Peter’s Square at a mass in Tirana, the capital of one of Europe’s poorest countries. [Link]