In a news story posted HERE , Chelsea Schilling of WorldNet Daily reports that a report that the Ark of the Covenant is expected to be unveiled in Rome today.

The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethopia says he will announce to the world the unveiling of the Ark, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos.

Abuna Pauolos, in Italy for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this week, told the news agency, "Soon the world will be able to admire the Ark of the Covenant described in the Bible as the container of the tablets of the law that God delivered to Moses and the center of searches and studies for centuries."

"The Ark of the Covenant is in Ethiopia for many centuries," said Pauolos. "As a patriarch I have seen it with my own eyes and only few highly qualified persons could do the same, until now."

** BREAKING NEWS **

On Tuesday the 30th, the head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant.

Patriarch Abune Paulos said Italian media had incorrectly reported that he would place the Ark in a museum in the country’s north.

“I am deeply disappointed that the Italian media misquoted me and disseminated false information about me unveiling the Ark of the Covenant to the world,” he said at a news conference.

“It is a fabrication, disinformation.”