Charity is one thing that Pope Francis is known for and he has shown it again in a recent heart-tugging incident which occurred right outside St. Peter's Square. The Pope has offered a free one-year accommodation to the homeless woman who gave birth to a baby girl on a cardboard box right outside the Vatican.
The Pope, made the offer through Monsignor Konrad Krajewski, the head of the Pope's charity office, to the Romanian homeless woman. The offer will allow the woman and her baby to stay in the church-owned apartment for free for one whole year.
Yahoo News stated that at approximately 2:30 am and in freezing temperatures, the woman already went into labor. She was only a few meters away from St. Peter's Square when she was suffering from labor pains.
Luckily, there were good Samaritans in the form of several officers who helped the poor woman, reported Daily Mail. Maria Capone, one of the police officers who responded said that, "When I got close I saw that the baby was already born and was still attached by the umbilical cord to the mother." She further added that, "With my colleagues we tried to warm them up. We covered them with our uniform jackets."
Capone also mentioned that she thinks the temperature was close to zero when they found the mother and baby. According to another police officer, "The baby regained color on her face after we covered her." Capone and the other police officers also called up an ambulance so that the mother and baby could be taken to the hospital to receive proper medical care.
A spokesman for the Vatican said that Archbishop Krajewski is familiar with the woman, as she and her Romanian partner were among those who benefited from the food services offered by the Vatican to the homeless. The woman is in the process of considering the one-year free accommodation offer but has not yet confirmed her acceptance of the same.
