The project will be paid for from Vatican charitable funds. Construction is scheduled to begin shortly, next week. The showers for the homeless will be build under the imposing colonnades by Bernini, one of the most beautiful and visited places in the world. They are not expensive projects, they are not designed to become big community centers. At the same time, this will be a possibility to find work, for some people. The facilities are built into the base of a centuries-old wall and squeezed between a Vatican post office and the main entrance to the Apostolic Palace. Homeless will be able to wash and change their underwear beneath the windows of the Apostolic Palace. Some homeless think this project will exercise attraction for more poor people to Vatican.
