During his weekly receptions at the Vatican on October 26, Pope Francis addressed thousands of people gathered at St. Peter’s Square with a message calling on people to express solidarity with migrants and refugees and urged states not to close doors in front of them.
According to panarmenian.net, cutting off from the written text, the Pope talked about a woman whom a refugee had asked to transport to the Vatican. Seeing that the refugee had no shoes, the woman offered to take the refugee to St. Peter’s Square in a cab. On the road, the refugee shared his story, and when they reached the square, the driver refused to take money.
The Pope said the following about the woman who had brought the refugee to St. Peter’s Square: “This woman understood the pain of the refugee since she the blood of an Armenian runs through her veins and she knows the suffering that the her nation has undergone.
Sometimes we do things that we have initially refused to do because it was inappropriate,” cited Radio Azatutyun.
Pope Francis urged everyone to think about this story and what they can do for refugees.
