Pope Francis and Vatican City: Francis-0045

Although the Vatican charity wing is very active in Rome and throughout Italy, homeless people sleep most nights within a stone's throw of St. Peter's Square. In the case of this picture, most of them found local shelters to be full and had to spend a January night on Via della Conciliazione in Rome. They did not want to give their names but the identifiable ones gave verbal consent to be photographed.

Although the Vatican charity wing is very active in Rome and throughout Italy, homeless people sleep most nights within a stone's throw of St. Peter's Square. In the case of this picture, most of them found local shelters to be full and had to spend a January night on Via della Conciliazione in Rome. They did not want to give their names but the identifiable ones gave verbal consent to be photographed.