Casa Francesco is a solidarity canteen between the parishes of Canosa di Puglia, in the north of Bari. "No one here must feel like a stranger, we are all equal," says parish priest Don Felice Bacco.
The festive air is felt as soon as you enter Casa Francesco: typical sweets of the Arab world, rghaif or bread fried with honey and sesame and the inevitable tea. "Here we felt like brothers, welcomed and for us who come from far away it's really important", says Soumia Jabrane, 41 years old of Moroccan origins. "It was natural to allow them to respect what their religion prescribes", says the parish priest. "As Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli tutti says, we find ourselves in the same God. Faith is different but we recognize ourselves as brothers and this is a reason for acceptance", underlines the parish Priest Don FelICE Bacco, of San Sabino cathedral.