Vatican - Pope Francis has issued a video-message to the people of Egypt days before his historical visit to Egypt. "With a joyful and grateful heart I will come in a few days' time to visit your dear homeland: cradle of civilization, gift of the Nile, land of sun and hospitality, where Patriarchs and Prophets lived and where God, Clement and Merciful, the One and Almighty, made His voice heard," the Pope said. "I am truly happy to come as a friend, as a messenger of peace and as a pilgrim to the Country that gave, more than two thousand years ago, refuge and hospitality to the Holy Family fleeing from the threats of King Herod," he continued. "I am honored to visit the land visited by the Holy Family!"
