Three Syrian families flown to Rome by Pope Francis are calling their trip from the battle lines of a five-year civil war to safety in the shadow of the Vatican a â??miracleâ? journey.
The heart of Romeâ??s Trastevere neighborhood, with its picturesque cobbled streets and vine-covered walls, could not be farther from the asylum-seeker camp the Muslim families were living in just three days ago.
That was until the popeâ??s lightning trip to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday (April 16) that drew attention to the plight of refugees and ended with him bringing the 12 Syrians back to Rome on the papal plane.
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