Slovakia: Pope meets with Roma in ‘eyesore’ housing project
By DW
18 September 2021 |
6:32 am
Pope Francis meets with Roma in a notorious housing project on day three of his Central Europe trip. The visit comes after he met with Holocaust survivors in Bratislava Monday.
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