Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff 'concerned' by his suffering

Pope Francis met with Stella Assange, wife of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

founder Julian Assange's wife Stella, who said the pope’s gesture in receiving her was evidence of his “ongoing show of support for our family’s plight” and concern over her husband’s suffering.

Assange has spent four years in Britain’s Belmarsh Prison fighting extradition to the U.S., where he faces up to a 175-year sentence on espionage charges for publishing classified military and diplomatic cables through WikiLeaks. Stella Assange, a lawyer who married her husband in prison in 2022, said she and Francis spoke in Spanish, and that she showed him two photos of their wedding. She called the audience “overwhelming” and noted that she brought along her mother, brother and the couple's two young sons, Gabriel and Max, who were conceived during Julian Assange’s time in the embassy.

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