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Pope donates medical supplies to refugee housing center in Rome

July 13, 2015

Pope Francis has made a donation of medical supplies to a Roman institution that houses immigrants.

The Baobab cultural center, which is overcrowded with recent immigrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Eritrea, received supplies for a medical clinic set up by Solidarity Without Borders to serve immigrants on the streets of the Tiburtina district.

“The Pope never abandons us,” the group’s director said.

 


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