Mon 09 August 2021:
Law enforcement in Milan is investigating the source of an envelope containing three bullets addressed to the pope, Italian paramilitary police said Monday.
The suspicious envelope was intercepted by postal employees overnight at a mail sorting facility in a Milan suburb, according to the carabinieri provincial command in Milan. It had been sent from France.
The envelope was addressed by hand in pen to: “The Pope, Vatican City, St. Peter’s Square, Rome,” and contained three bullets presumed to be for a pistol and a message referring to financial operations at the Vatican.
The carabinieri, who seized the missive and initiated an investigation, identified the projectiles as 9mm Flobert-type pellets.
According to his public diary, Pope Francis led prayer on Sunday in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City—more than 500 miles from where the envelope was discovered.
Pope Francis is scheduled to depart on a trip to Budapest on August 12, flying from Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport.
He is expected to meet with Hungary’s bishops and other Church and Jewish representatives, before departing for Bratislava, Slovakia.
An investigation is ongoing. There is no immediate comment from the Vatican.
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