Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, 55, whose job is to distribute the pope's charity funds, went to the disused state-owned building near a Rome cathedral on Saturday night and broke a police seal to re-connect electrical circuit breakers. Rome's left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper ran a banner headline
ROME - A close aide to Pope Francis has drawn the ire of Italy's anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini by climbing down a manhole to restore electricity to hundreds of homeless people living in an occupied building.
"What can I say? It was a particularly desperate situation. I repeat: I assume all the responsibility. If a fine arrives, I'll pay it," Krajewski said in an interview in Corriere della Sera newspaper on Monday. "Defending illegality is never a good sign," Salvini, who has often clashed with the pope on migration and other social issues, told reporters on Monday.
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