Pope Francis marked his 86th birthday on Saturday by rewarding three folks concerned in charity work, together with a homeless man who provides different avenue dwellers a part of the alms he receives.
The pope gave the three the Mother Teresa Prize as recognition of their completely different types of charity. The nun, who died in 1997, labored among the many poorest folks in India and based the Missionaries of Charity.
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The homeless man was recognized by the Vatican solely by his first title, Gian Piero and his avenue title, Wué.
The different two honored have been Franciscan priest Hanna Jallouf, a Syrian who works in his nation, and Italian industrialist Silvano Pedrollo for his work in constructing colleges and bringing clear ingesting water to the poor in growing nations.
Francis gave them the prize, a small globe of the world in a cube-shaped body with a picture of Mother Teresa holding a toddler, at a ceremony within the Vatican.
At the ceremony, the pope kissed the homeless man’s hand and one of many nuns of the order based by Mother Teresa put a flower garland across the pope’s neck.
At a separate viewers, Rome seminarians introduced him with cake. No different explicit birthday celebrations have been deliberate.
Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936. Next March, he’ll mark the tenth anniversary of his election as head of the 1.3 billion member Roman Catholic Church.
(Reporting by Philip Pullella Editing by Frances Kerry)
