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Vatican officials hold funeral for man who lived on nearby streets
The 64-year-old former soccer player died in a shelter near Rome s main train station Catholic News Service Updated: January 26, 2021 06:59 AM GMT
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Pope Francis delivers his livestreamed Angelus prayer on Jan. 24. (Photo: Vatican Media/AFP)
Two cardinals, an archbishop and a dozen priests concelebrated a funeral Mass Jan. 25 for Roberto Mantovani, a soccer player decades ago, who spent much of the past few years living on the streets near the Vatican.
According to Vatican News, the many people whom Mantovani befriended and who tried to help him, recently convinced him to move into a homeless shelter after he had numerous bouts of pneumonia. The 64-year-old died in a shelter by Rome s main train station.
January 25, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, presided on January 25 at a funeral mass for Roberto Mantovani, a homeless man who was well known on the streets near the Vatican. The funeral came on the day after Pope Francis lamented the death of a homeless Nigerian immigrant who had apparently died of exposure just a few blocks from the Vatican.
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