Very quietly, and with no fanfare, the Sudanese government has allowed Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman condemned to death for not renouncing her Chirstian faith, to leave the US embassy in Khartoum and fly out of the country. Ibrahim had been sheltered at the embassy following her release from prison and subsequent re-arrest for possessing "fake" travel documents. Upon her arrival in Italy, Ibrahiim was given an immediate audience with Pope Francis. NBC News: Meriam Ibrahim was flown out of the country with her American husband and two young children. She was blessed by the pontiff during a private audience and is expected to fly onto the United States in the next few days. After an almost year-long ordeal that triggered outrage around the world, the State Department had been negotiating with Sudanese officials for weeks to secure the family's safe passage out of the country. Ibrahim, 27, has been sheltered at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum for...(Read Full Post)