By Joshua McElwee
November 5, 2024
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday paid a home visit to Emma Bonino, a veteran politician who successfully campaigned in the 1970s to legalise abortion in Italy, bringing her a bouquet of roses and chocolates. A photo posted by Bonino on social media showed them both sitting in wheelchairs on her sun-drenched terrace in Rome.
Bonino, 76, was released from hospital last month after suffering from respiratory and heart problems. Last year, she said she had recovered from an eight-year battle with lung cancer.