Pope Francis has
ordered a bathroom with three showers be made available for
homeless people sleeping rough near St. Peter's Square, a senior
Vatican official said Thursday.
"We are not doing anything extraordinary because bathrooms
and showers are the ABC of a community," said Monsignor Konrad
Krajewski, the Almoner of the pope responsible for charitable
acts ordered personally by the Roman Catholic pontiff.
"In Rome all the public restrooms have been shut down and
it would suffice to close your bathroom at home for two days to
understand what it means to not be able to wash," the Polish
prelate said.
"I say this also to (Rome) Mayor Ignazio Marino, who is a
doctor - where should these people go to relieve themselves?"
"This is just helping in an intelligent way, when I speak
to politicians they speak of so many things but they don't touch
on the real questions and meanwhile so much money is thrown
away," the monsignor said.
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