Pope Francis Visits Eastern Slovakia

KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - SEPTEMBER 14: A young Roma resident clutches a paper Slovak flag in the stairwell of the apartment building where she lives in Lunik IX city district prior to a visit by Pope Francis scheduled for later in the day on September 14, 2021 in Kosice, Slovakia. Pope Francis will visit Lunik IX this afternoon in between holding mass in nearby Presov and meeting with young people at Kosice’s Lokomotiva stadium. Priests of the Salesians of Don Bosco congregation have been present at Lunik IX since 2008, where they built a church and run a youth and cultural center. Approximately 4,300 Roma live in Lunik IX, most of them in abject poverty in crumbling high-rise apartment buildings. Pope Francis is visiting eastern Slovakia today as part of a four-day trip to Slovakia and Hungary. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)