Anybody can talk big, but when asked to walk the talk not many are willing or incapable to back up the talk.
A refugee family from Damascus has swapped the [censored] of Syria's brutal civil war for the comfort and safety of a flat in the Vatican as guests of Pope Francis.
Few details of how the Christian family of four, a couple and two children, came to land in Italy on September 6, were released pending the outcome of the asylum request they have lodged with the Italian authorities.
But it was confirmed Friday that they have become the first of two families that Francis has vowed to find space for in the Vatican in line with his call for every one of the 120,000 Catholic parishes across Europe to take in at least one.
The family, members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, has been housed in a flat near St Peter's cathedral, a short walk from Francis's own modest boarding house accommodation and all the charms of Rome's historic centre.
Pop Francis is a little different than the rest of the world leaders. He called the Church in Europe to take a lead on the migration issue. He said "every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe, should take part".
"Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers fleeing death (as) victims of war and hunger who are hoping to start a new life, the gospel calls on us and asks us to be the neighbour of the smallest and the most abandoned, to give them concrete hope,"
This is not about religious, this is about someone who walk the talk and himself did an example for others to follow.
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-puts-syrian-refugee-family-115438511.html#
A refugee family from Damascus has swapped the [censored] of Syria's brutal civil war for the comfort and safety of a flat in the Vatican as guests of Pope Francis.
Few details of how the Christian family of four, a couple and two children, came to land in Italy on September 6, were released pending the outcome of the asylum request they have lodged with the Italian authorities.
But it was confirmed Friday that they have become the first of two families that Francis has vowed to find space for in the Vatican in line with his call for every one of the 120,000 Catholic parishes across Europe to take in at least one.
The family, members of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, has been housed in a flat near St Peter's cathedral, a short walk from Francis's own modest boarding house accommodation and all the charms of Rome's historic centre.
Pop Francis is a little different than the rest of the world leaders. He called the Church in Europe to take a lead on the migration issue. He said "every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe, should take part".
"Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers fleeing death (as) victims of war and hunger who are hoping to start a new life, the gospel calls on us and asks us to be the neighbour of the smallest and the most abandoned, to give them concrete hope,"
This is not about religious, this is about someone who walk the talk and himself did an example for others to follow.
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-puts-syrian-refugee-family-115438511.html#
