On an unprecedented ‘Saturday of Mercy,’ Pope Francis visited an elderly woman he knew on the afternoon of Sunday, July 28, 2018. Because of her illness, she could not leave home, and had repeatedly requested the Holy Father visit her, according to the Italian agency Dire.
The Bishop of Rome unexpectedly arrived in his blue Ford Focus at Via Alessandria in the Salario neighborhood of Rome, to visit the lady in person.
Some people in the neighborhood recognized the Pope’s blue car and waited, despite the heat, for him to come out. Accompanied by the Vatican gendarmes and policemen, the visit lasted about
