Pope Francis to meet Roma minority on Slovakia visit
Nearly 20 percent of Slovakia's estimated 400,000 Roma live in abject poverty in more than 600 shanty towns
Updated: August 03, 2021 06:41 AM GMT
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Slovenian pilgrims hold their national flag as Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Aug. 1. (Photo: AFP)
Pope Francis plans to meet Slovakia's Roma minority when he visits the EU member next month, an archbishop said on Aug. 2 in a statement marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
In Slovakia from Sept. 12-15, the pontiff will meet with the Roma community of the impoverished Lunik IX housing estate, an urban wasteland in the second city of Kosice.