Italian postal service sees surge in mail for Pope Francis, much sent from children
The mail arrives first at the primary sorting center at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, where it is checked to make sure it is safe to be delivered.
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The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization, with some letters clearly written by children, bearing stamps from around the world and simply addressed to the pope at “Gemelli Hospital” in Rome.
Postal workers sort the mail into big yellow boxes, labeled “Papa Francesco.” Each day hospital workers come to take the letters away to make sure they get to the 88-year-old Francis at the 10th floor hospital suite where he is recovering from double pneumonia.
The mail arrives first at the primary sorting center at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, where it is checked to make sure it is safe to be delivered.
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