This life jacket, which was once worn by a girl who drowned while crossing the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to reach Europe, was given to the Vatican.<\/p>\n
In 2016, a group of volunteers from the NGO, Proactiva Open Arms, presented the life jacket to Pope Francis after his trip to the Greek island of Lesbos, when he brought a number of refugees back to Rome with him.<\/p>\n
OSCAR CAMPS Then in 2019, members of the NGO, Mediterranea Saving Humans, gave the Pope this cross with a life jacket that belonged to a refugee whose identity is unknown.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The life jacket is displayed at one of the entrances to the Apostolic Palace. It's a reminder of the suffering of thousands of people who are forced to leave everything and risk their lives in search of a better future.<\/p>\n CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 1, 2021. Two life jackets once worn by refugees who drowned while trying to reach Europe are on display in the Vatican.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UaGSZGCPc18","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsalvagentelesboseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsalvagentelesbosint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Founder, Proactiva Open Arms
\n\u201cOur intention was to bring a bit of the reality of Lesbos with us. We have brought the life-vest of a 6-year-old girl that we were unable to rescue. She obviously drowned, along with her family. He was very moved when I explained the story. He grabbed her life-jacket and took it with him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>December 19, 2019
\n'I have decided to display this life-vest, 'crucified' on this cross, to remind us to keep our eyes open, to keep our hearts open, to remind everyone of the obligatory duty to save each human life. It is a moral responsibility that unites believers and non-believers.'<\/em><\/p>\n