Pope Francis Turned A Vatican Palazzo Into 'Palace Of The Poor' For Homeless People
"If you sleep on the ground covered in cardboard and have to wake up at 5 a.m. before the police come to shove you away, and then you find a place like this, what more do you want?" says a new guest.
by Sylvia Poggioli
Feb 07, 2020
2 minutes
As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica ring out from the Vatican on a chilly January evening, a few people huddled in shabby clothes stand a few yards from the colonnade encircling St. Peter's Square.
They are waiting to enter the Palazzo Migliori, a 19th century palace just behind the square.
One of them is Livia, an Italian woman in her 60s. After having slept on Rome's streets for
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