The pope began his second day in Bulgaria with a visit to an abandoned school that had been transformed into a refugee center in Vrazhdebna, Rakovsky.<\/p>\n
The children received him with a cheerful song.<\/p>\n
They also gave the pope a very special gift. Each one personally delivered drawings they hand-made.<\/p>\n
'How beautiful! Pretty!'<\/p>\n
'How nice!'<\/p>\n
Then Pope Francis explained that children are the bearers of joy in difficult times and asked them to always have hope.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Pope Francis took photos with the refugees and spoke with some before giving them this gift: a picture of the Blessed Mother protecting the baby Jesus, as a symbol of protection for children.<\/p>\n According to the latest UNHCR report, there are around 700 refugees in Bulgaria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 6, 2019. He asked to keep hope and reminded them that children are joy in difficult times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4c_yA42_55M","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapaprofughieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpapaprofughiint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48046"}],"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=48046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n'There is always hope. Today the world of migrants and refugees is a bit like a cross, a cross of humanity, and the cross is that many people suffer.'<\/em><\/p>\n