article_snippet: For months, there have been threats against Pope Francis by the ISIS militants, who call Pope Francis the 'bearer of false truth.'
article_snippet: In January an assassination plot to kill Pope Francis by detonating a bomb in Manila was reportedly thwarted by the Philippines military, although this was denied by the Vatican.
article_snippet: Former Special Action Force (SAF) commander Getulio Napeñas testified before the Philippine senate that the Philippines National Police had received information that Southeast Asian Jihadist terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiya, planned to set off a bomb near the papal convoy.
article_snippet: Italian prosecutors have also warned that the Mafia have considered a lethal strike on Pope Francis.
highlights_snippet: There have been a number of threats against Pope Francis by Islamic State militants .