The Pakistan Movement was the result of a series of transformations in Iraq.
Blessed Francesco Zirano -LRB- 1565 -- 25 January 1603 -RRB- was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Conventual .. Blessed. Beatification. Italian. Italian people. Roman Catholic. Roman Catholic Church. priest. priest. Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Order of Friars Minor Conventual. Zirano 's mission to Northern Africa started after Pope Clement VIII commissioned him to go and collect ransom funds to free captive Christians that the Muslims held as their hostages though he himself was later targeted and imprisoned in chains ; he was later executed for refusing to convert to Islam .. Northern Africa. Northern Africa. Pope Clement VIII. Pope Clement VIII. ransom. ransom. Muslims. Muslims. Islam. Islam. His life had been dedicated to aiding hostages wherever possible including a kidnapped cousin who was soon freed not long following Zirano 's death .. Zirano 's beatification cause commenced in 1990 under Pope John Paul II and culminated after the beatification celebration was held in Sassari on 12 October 2014 ; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Francis .. Sassari. Sassari. Angelo Amato. Angelo Amato. Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis. Pope Francis