To me he’s father of the poor, he gives himself to everyone Capuchin friar hails Pope’s influence

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such thing whatsoever of my being a saint on Earth. I love the people and want to share in their joys and their sorrows.”

When the centre opened in 1969 around 50 people came and now the volunteers are feeding up to 300 people for breakfast and serving dinner to twice as many. Every Wednesday volunteers give out food parcels – before the recession they had about 400 people coming and now the centre welcomes around 1,600 people each week.

Br Kevin spoke candidly about the Government’s need to intervene in the ongoing homeless crisis.

He said: “The recession doesn’t seem to be over here, the biggest problem is for mothers and babies going back to a hotel and the only food they will have is from us.

“It’s an utter disgrace to think in 2018 we still have so many people