Pope Francis is putting up a Syrian refugee family from Damascus in a Vatican apartment, the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website reports today (September 18, 2015).
The Christian family is the first of two that the Catholic leader has promised to find space for as part of a broader Church effort to help shape Europe's response to the ongoing migration crisis, caused partly by the conflict in Syria.
The family being housed in the Vatican is to remain anonymous until Italian authorities have ruled on their asylum request.
As Christians who have fled a Syria wracked by a deadly civil war and the persecution of minorities, they are highly likely to be quickly granted leave to remain in Italy.
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