Iran convert formerly sentenced to death tells ‘Post’ Pope brought ‘shame’ by honoring envoy

Amirizadeh's comments to the 'Post' came after Pope Leo bestowed a special honor on the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See, along with several other diplomats, for their years-long service. “Pope Leo XIV has brought shame upon the Christian world,” an Iranian-American Christian writer whose life was saved by Pope Benedict XVI after the Islamic regime sentenced her to death for converting, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Marziyeh Amirizadeh was sentenced to execution by hanging in Iran in 2009 for converting to Christianity and for apostasy. Pope Benedict's intervention, she said, is what led to her release after nearly...