That’s great to hear, although I can’t help but imagine someone getting a letter saying “The Pope would like to have you over for spaghetti.” and thinking it was some sort of absurdist humor.
It does sound funny. But they already know him, because they appealed to him during covid when they were hungry, and he helped them back then.
It sounds way better than spaghetti:
To publicly indicate that the poor must be treated like the richest, the group dined on cannelloni pasta filled with spinach and ricotta plus meatballs in a tomato-basil sauce and cauliflower puree. They were served tiramisu and petit fours for dessert.
It’s not that they couldn’t get it just that the government was not going to provide it. Italy got hit hard as fuck and had limited vaccines at the outset.
People are really underestimating the bravery here: eating spaghetti and meatballs while wearing a head-to-toe pure white outfit is either extraordinarily bold or demonstrates a level of faith that's unbelievable even for the pope!
It’s definitely refreshing to see religious leaders literally practising what they’re preaching. It’s a small step in right direction and I hope it’s only one of many.
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