New York City is moving 6,000 homeless people out of shelters into hotels
Didn't the pope urge this just the other day?
Pope Francis has been tested twice for coronavirus.
As an elderly man, with a damaged lung from an infection in his 20s and recovering from bronchitis, he is particularly vulnerable to the most severe symptoms associated with COVID-19.
Therefore, he is taking particular precaution, according to The Vatican press office.
He eats his meals in private, keeps a distance from anyone who might be carrying the virus, and uses hand sanitizer before and after meeting any guests, CNN reported.
I feel that.
Here's the bit I remembered.
In the interview, Pope Francis addressed what he sees from world leaders.
He denounced "the hypocrisy of certain political personalities who speak of facing up to the crisis, of the problem of hunger in the world, but who in the meantime manufacture weapons," as The Hill reported.
In particular, he highlighted the callous way the homeless were treated in Las Vegas.
"A photo appeared the other day of a parking lot in Las Vegas where they [the homeless] had been put in quarantine. And the hotels were empty. But the homeless cannot go to a hotel," the Pope said, as CNN reported.
"This is the moment to see the poor," he said, adding that society often treats those in need as "rescued animals."
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