This was confirmed by Bishop Benoni Ambarus, head of the Office of Prison Pastoral and Charitable Affairs in Rome.
Before his death last Monday, the Pope Francis He made a personal donation in favor of the prisonersthus delivering “his latest possessions,” said the Bishop Benoni Ambarusresponsible for the Office of Prison Pastoral and Charitable Affairs in Rome.
“He donated 200,000 euros of his personal account,” He declared Ambarus to Italian media.
The Pope donated his last € 200,000 to help prisoners before he died
He explained that the money was allocated to a pasta factory located in the Penitentiary Center for Minors of Casal del Marmo, in Rome.
“I told him that we had a considerable mortgage about this factory and that, if we managed to settle it, we could reduce the price of the pasta, sell more and use more young,” he explained.
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“He replied: ‘I almost doesn’t have money, but I still have something in my account.’ And he gave me 200,000 euros”said Ambarus, who also stressed the constant commitment of Pope Francis in defense of prisoners.
Ambarus He also recalled the recent visit of the Pontiff to the prison of Regina Coeli, in Romelast Thursday on the occasion of Holy Thursday, just four days before his death, where “he shouted to the world, with all his strength, the need to serve inmates.”
Source: Ambito
