In an excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography, Francis said two suicide bombers had been planning to attack one of his ...

"Our tormentors confiscated our present," he said, "while seeking to wipe out our history and destroy our future. In Iraq there is no redress for those who have lost properties, homes and businesses.

The New York Times ran other excerpts on Tuesday, Francis’s 88th birthday. In the Italian excerpts, Francis recalled his ...