Posts Tagged ‘Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore’

Pope refuses to meet migrants sheltering in basilica

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

Pope Francis has refused to meet with a group of migrants who have been sheltering in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. About 120 migrants were evicted from a squat outside Rome about two weeks ago. The group, mostly from Eastern Europe and North Africa, have asked the Pope to grant them asylum Read more