Showers for homeless being built in St. Peter’s Square
c. 2014 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Showers for the homeless will soon be located under the sweeping white colonnade of St. Peter’s Square.
The Vatican’s deputy spokesman, Ciro Benedettini, said that the project was a joint initiative of the pope and Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner who distributes charity on the pope’s behalf. Construction is due to begin Monday (November 17) on three showers in refurbished public restrooms provided for Catholic pilgrims along the marble columns leading into the historic basilica, which was completed in 1626.
