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Pope set to dine with gay and transgender inmates at a prison in Italy

This will happen during his visit to the Giuseppe Salvia Detention Centre.

POPE FRANCIS IS set to dine with inmates at a prison in Naples, Italy when he visits tomorrow.

Some of these will reportedly be coming from a ward housing gay and transgender inmates, some of whom are infected with HIV.

It has been reported by Religion News that the visit had not initially been on the Pope’s schedule but that he had specifically requested it take place. 

The lunch will involve 90 inmates who were selected from a lottery of around 1,900 according to the Vatican Insider website. 

After the meal the Pontiff intends to meet with each of the inmates individually.

During his time in the Vatican Pope Francis has previously reached out to the prison population. Last year he washed and kissed the feet of a number of prisoners at a youth offenders unit in Rome.

Two of the prisoners were Muslims and two others were female.

He has also previously stated that he does not believe that any crime deserves the death penalty. 

Pope Francis has also made comments welcomed by the LGBT community since he appointment, including his comment of ‘who am I to judge?’ on board of a flight from Brazil in 2013.

He has previously privately met with a transgender man from Spain in the Vatican who had written to him about the rejection he was experiencing in his home parish.

However, he has also previously expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Read: Pope puts Cork woman one step closer to becoming a saint

Also: Mary McAleese: ‘Pope Francis carries a residual element of misogyny’

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    Mute Anonymous Education
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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:00 PM

    Soon all our main streets will be exact replicas of each other and we’ll start to resemble the cookie-cutter cities of the UK. DCC needs to start supporting small business owners and stop feeding the fat cats.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:24 PM

    @Anonymous Education: There used to be a unique feel walking down streets of different cities, but thanks to global commercialism, the same shops appearing in every city on multiple streets, cities are losing their sense of individualism.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:14 PM

    @Anonymous Education: so people complain when there aren’t jobs, then when a business opens and creates 600 jobs people complain because it’s not a small Irish business. You really can’t win

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:18 PM

    @Sam Harms: haven’t heard very many there’s no job complaints! The point on generic fast food places flooding what were once unique streets is valid

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:37 PM

    @Conor Heneghan: would you rather buildings remain vacant?

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:46 PM

    @Sam Harms: If they’re the only two options that you can see, then you need to try opening your mind.
    Indigenous businesses should always be preferred to generic corporate entities. Authorities can affect this by various means.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:11 PM

    @Adam Johnson: and then there’s the people who moan because Ireland doesn’t have a central plaza but every other European city does! People seem to like everything being the same!

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    Mute Sam Harms
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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:57 PM

    @Battaz: but there aren’t enough indigenous businesses to take over all of the empty commercial properties. There are loads of empty retail/restaurant spaces near where I live that have been vacant for at least 2 years now.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 4:53 PM

    Was a good film that.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:04 PM

    @Decko Kelly: Yeah it was.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:21 PM

    @Decko Kelly: No women, no children.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:52 PM

    @Will Thompson: he was very sexist was me in. And ageist

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:00 PM

    Can’t wait not to go there to get ripped off

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    Mar 19th 2019, 8:54 PM

    @Artur Gurta: Here’s their menu, prices seem to be a few pound more than UK McDonald’s for a simialr mount of food. Have to give them some credit for selling healthy food at a price similar or just above to other fast food chains.

    https://leon.co/wp-content/uploads/LEON-SPRING-PAPER-MENU.pdf

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    Mar 19th 2019, 9:56 PM

    @David Jordan: Thanks for that. Looks nice, just have to convince my fast food junkie kids unfortunately.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:30 PM

    Every second shop is a food outlet then you’ve the government whinging about being obese.. Enough is enough..

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:58 PM

    @TechBuzz Ireland: I suggest you have a look at their menu first.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:49 PM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: Lentil masala. I’ll pass thanks.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:03 PM

    @TechBuzz Ireland: Mediterranean Cuisine … healthy … but we shall wait and see and how much will a leaf do lettuce set ya back…

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    Mar 19th 2019, 9:58 PM

    @Terry Cahill: the price is on the menu you don’t have to wait and see.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 11:13 PM

    @Radioska: Sterling prices without Irish inflation…

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    Mar 19th 2019, 11:35 PM

    @Battaz: Great for the bowels.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 5:59 PM

    I wish they opened comments on the pr1ck who tortured those poor dogs. String him up!

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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:09 PM

    @David Walters: No comments allowed on legal cases currently before the courts.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:09 PM

    Another hangout for the beardo-checkshirts or maybe the pseudo -blueshirts ….

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:10 PM

    We are being invaded by hordes arriving on our shores opening up franchise food outlets. We can’t cope! The country in bursting at its seems with mediocre culinary offerings and “trendy” furniture.
    Let’s have a referendum to keep them out!

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    Mar 19th 2019, 6:49 PM

    Nice to see a “healthy” fast food place open instead of the usual rubbish!

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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:26 PM

    @Lyndsy Ní Éalaithe: yeah, but I don’t think a quinoa salad would cut it at 2am when all you want is taco chips

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    Mar 19th 2019, 8:24 PM

    @Green Lentils: Ha ha true!

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    Mar 19th 2019, 11:40 PM

    @Lyndsy Ní Éalaithe: If the coffee is as shite as the coffee in the Happy Pair, they can keep it.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 9:20 PM

    Should this not be in Fora, or at least labelled ‘sponsored’? Who’s gonna believe it’s not!?

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    Mar 19th 2019, 7:46 PM

    Let the trotts commence.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 8:01 PM

    It’s very average stuff, cold mulsh in the guise of healthy living, so It’ll probably be huge here, and if its not who cares Stuart and the gang can dress up in some other venture they care little for in a bid to be millionaires.

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    Mar 19th 2019, 8:04 PM

    How can they call pulped veggies and fruit smoothies healthy !!!.
    They crush the enzymes out of it and instead of slow release sugars and fibres you are basically drinking lumpy coke.
    This crap is poison to diabetics.

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