Couple Turns Church Handout Into Fortune
Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile —
A poor man and his wife went to the Catholic Church’s human rights agency for help and were handed 400 pesos, the equivalent of $1.30. They converted it to $500,000 by playing the lottery.
Officials at the Vicary of Solidarity said Friday that the couple were given the handout last week when they went there for help to return home in northern Chile after coming to Santiago to visit a sick daughter.
Two days later, they went back to the vicary to say thanks.
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