MINNEAPOLIS (AP) � Some homeless Minneapolis residents are walking in the pope’s shoes.
That’s after two big boxes from Rome arrived at Sharing and Caring Hands, a homeless mission in downtown Minneapolis. Recently, the Rev. Joseph Johnson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul gave some friends from the Vatican a tour of the facility while they were visiting the Twin Cities.
Sharing and Caring Hands has an on-site shoe room, but director Mary Jo Copeland didn’t know what was in the big boxes when they arrived.
“Father (Johnson) says, ‘That’s from the Pope.’ I said, What do you mean? The Pope,” said Copeland.
She opened them to find several dozen pairs of handmade Italian shoes to give to the poor.
“These are just grand! This is just the best gift. That Pope Benedict, wherever you are, God bless you!” said Copeland.
Johnson said Benedict got the shoes from an Italian shoemaker who asked that they be distributed to the poor.
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That is shoeeeee cool!
If I were a crafty poor person.. I would take the shoes, sell them on ebay, and have enough money for Nikes for the rest of my life. 🙂
Yes, *wherever he is,* God bless him.
(As if he just might be hiding in the adjacent room. [snort! LOL])
Cool story, thanks for posting!
Oh, c’mon. The Pope’s been on the move lately! He might be at Castle Gandolfo, he might be at the Vatican, he might be at Loreto….
Anyway, everybody knows he sneaks out at night to visit his books and cat. 🙂
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