Vatican to start monthly newspaper by and with the poor

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press

ROME (AP) — The Vatican newspaper is starting a new monthly edition dedicated to the poor and people on the margins. The first edition of L’Osservatore di Strada (The Street Observer) a riff on the name of the official Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano, comes out June 29. That’s a special Roman feast day dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. After that, the Vatican plans to distribute the publication on the first Sunday of the month following Pope Francis’ noon blessing in and around St. Peter’s Square. The first edition features a design by a street artist whose graffiti art of Francis has graced buildings around the Vatican for years.