Pope Francis to meet Roma minority on Slovakia visit
Nearly 20 percent of Slovakia s estimated 400,000 Roma live in abject poverty in more than 600 shanty towns
Updated: August 03, 2021 06:41 AM GMT
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Slovenian pilgrims hold their national flag as Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter s Square at the Vatican on Aug. 1. (Photo: AFP)
Pope Francis plans to meet Slovakia s Roma minority when he visits the EU member next month, an archbishop said on Aug. 2 in a statement marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
In Slovakia from Sept. 12-15, the pontiff will meet with the Roma community of the impoverished Lunik IX housing estate, an urban wasteland in the second city of Kosice.
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