The Vatican has offered
hospitality to a second family of refugees, sources said
Thursday.
An Eritrean woman and three of her five children -
including a two-month-old baby - have been taken in by the
parish of St Peter's and given accommodation in a large
apartment near the area of Via Gregorio VII near the Vatican.
The family is to be joined shortly by the two remaining
children, who are currently said to be in a refugee camp in
Ethiopia, and by another Eritrean woman and her child.
In September the Vatican announced that it was hosting a
family of Syrian refugees from Damascus made up of a father,
mother and two children.
The announcement came shortly after Pope Francis called on
all Catholic parishes across Europe to host at least one family
of refugees.
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