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Homeless get to walk in the Pope's shoes


Owlscrying

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Minneapolis - Some homeless Minneapolis residents are walking in the pope's shoes. That's after two big boxes from Rome arrived at 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.

Director Mary Jo Copeland didn't know what was in the big boxes when they arrived.

She opened them to find several dozen pairs of handmade Italian shoes to give to the poor.

Johnson said Pope Benedict got the shoes from an Italian shoemaker who asked that they be distributed to the poor.

Tasha Allen, who received a pair of the shoes, said, "It's a blessing for everybody. All the kids love them. The parents love them, too. I just can't stop smiling. Thank you pope."

For herself, Copeland received a note from the Vatican and a picture of the pope.

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If the pope stopped spending a grand or so on each pair of his own shoes, he'd be able to give much more to the poor. :hmm:

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"It's a blessing for everybody. All the kids love them. The parents love them, too. I just can't stop smiling. Thank you pope."

Thats nice :)

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