Pope visits residential home for children in Rome
View of the SOS village residential complex in Rome visited by Pope Francis on Friday.- RV |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Friday visited children in Rome’s “SOS Village,” a residential complex that
cares for children coming from difficult personal, family or social
backgrounds. His surprise visit there was part of his “Friday of Mercy”
initiatives that have seen him perform a concrete gesture of mercy on one
Friday every month during this Jubilee Year.
During his visit to the
centre, the Pope was given a tour of the grounds that include a small football
pitch and a playground. The children living there also showed him their rooms
and their toys and he listened to them talking about their personal stories.
Before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis also had an afternoon snack with
the children.
Situated in north west Rome,
the SOS Village is made up of 5 lodgings in which a maximum of up to six
children below the age of 12 live together with a supervisor known as an SOS
Mother. The children living in the centre are cared for and supported in the
same way as a real family would do. They are taken to school, they go to the
local parish and they practice sporting activities. All the staff who work in
the centre care for the children for a number of years so as to create a stable
relationship with them and help them acquire more autonomy as they grow
older.
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