Pope to meet Slovak Roma in trip to impoverished regionPope Francis will meet with members of the 400,000-strong Roma minority in SlovakiaKOSICE (SLOVAKIA) - Pope Francis will meet with members of the 400,000-strong Roma minority in Slovakia on Tuesday during his visit to the impoverished Lunik IX housing estate in Kosice. During the trip so far, the pope has called for Europe to show "solidarity" as its economy recovers from the pandemic and issued a powerful call against anti-Semitism. In Lunik IX, nearly 4,500 residents are squeezed into a space meant to accommodate half that number. Lunik IX resident Rudolf Mosorov, 66, said the pope's visit was a "miracle". Pope Francis will also meet with young people in a stadium in Kosice on Tuesday before his last day in Slovakia when he will celebrate an open-air mass in the town of Sastin.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2021 01:52 UTC