Menelaos Hadjicostis By this Author Nov 29, 2021 Pope will help bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy, government saysPope Francis is arranging to transfer a number of migrants to Italy from the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. Aug 31, 2021 Cypriot official: Pope Francis to visit Cyprus in DecemberPope Francis will visit Cyprus in December, making him the second Roman Catholic pope to ever travel to the eastern Mediterranean island nation, a Cypriot official said Aug. 31.