Pope Leo has continued his pastoral visits in Rome, asking parishioners to ensure that their parish is an example of a Church that “cares for her children”.
The comments were made while visiting the Parish of Santa Maria della Presentazione in the Torrevecchia neighbourhood, one of the poorer areas of Rome and a parish that had not received a papal visit since Pope St John Paul II visited in 1982.
According to EWTN, the parish priest, Fr Stacchiotti, said: “This is not an easy neighbourhood. But the crime reports do not do justice to the good that exists here. This is a united community, full of generous people who do not hold back in helping one another.”
