The Vatican alone cannot house all Rome s homeless
On World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis hosts and dines with Rome s homeless in the Paul VI Hall
Homeless people on the streets of Rome. (Photo: YouTube)
It is more than a year since Pope Francis turned Palazzo Migliori, a palatial 19th-century building close to the papal enclave, into a shelter for homeless people.
This luxurious, four-story building with 16 bedrooms close to St. Peter s Square could have earned revenue for the Vatican as a luxury hotel, but Pope Francis wanted homeless people to live there.
The noble Migliori family, who built the palazzo in 1800, donated it to the Vatican in 1930. The Calasanziane, a women’s religious order, occupied it for 70 years and used it to house young single mothers. After they moved out, the building was renovated and was vacant.
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Vatican officials hold funeral for man who lived on nearby streets
The 64-year-old former soccer player died in a shelter near Rome s main train station Catholic News Service Updated: January 26, 2021 06:59 AM GMT
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Pope Francis delivers his livestreamed Angelus prayer on Jan. 24. (Photo: Vatican Media/AFP)
Two cardinals, an archbishop and a dozen priests concelebrated a funeral Mass Jan. 25 for Roberto Mantovani, a soccer player decades ago, who spent much of the past few years living on the streets near the Vatican.
According to Vatican News, the many people whom Mantovani befriended and who tried to help him, recently convinced him to move into a homeless shelter after he had numerous bouts of pneumonia. The 64-year-old died in a shelter by Rome s main train station.
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Cardinals Konrad Krajewski and George Pell and Archbishop Arthur Roche celebrate the funeral Mass for Roberto Molinari in the Church of St. Pius X, Jan. 25, 2021. (Credit: Paulina Guzik/Crux.)
Roberto Molinari was a cheerful man from Verona, a big fan of the Italian soccer team AS Roma, and was used to sharing a meal with one the cardinals closest to Pope Francis.
Roberto Molinari was a cheerful man from Verona, a big fan of the Italian soccer team AS Roma, and was used to sharing a meal with one the cardinals closest to Pope Francis.