Pope Francis talking and embracing the homeless people.
| FOTO (12/10/2015) |
Pope Francis’ new dormitory for the homeless
The residence in Via dei Penitenzieri near the Santo Spirito Hospital in Rome, can host up to 34 people a night. Until a few months ago it had been used as a travel agency and was offered to Pope Francis by the headquarters of the Society of Jesus. This was the Jesuit community’s way of responding to Francis’s October 2013 appeal for buildings to be placed in service of the needy and those in difficulty. “The dormitory,” a communiqué issued by the Office of Papal Charities says, “bears the name Gift of Mercy. Gift because it is a true gift from the religious community; Mercy because mercy is love’s second name which is expressed through concrete and generous gestures toward others.”
ANDREA TORNIELLI
SOURCE:
http://multimedia.lastampa.it/multimedia/vatican-insider/en/lstp/190379/