Building a Chair Simple Enough for a Pope - NYT 2015 Aug 19.docx

SALESIAN BROTHER making chair for Pope FRANCIS 2015

Brother Sal Sammarco, left, and Hector Rojas in the workshop in Port Chester, N.Y., 

where a chair for the pope to use at a Manhattan Mass is being built.

Vigliotti for The New York Times

 

 “Simple, simple, simple” were the Vatican’s instructions to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, which is getting ready for a visit from Pope Francis next month.