Konrad Krajewski ([ˈkɔn.rat kraˈjɛf.ski]; born 25 November 1963) is a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church who serves as the 1st Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.
He returned to his diocese in 1995 and served as master of ceremonies for the archbishop and taught catholic liturgy at the seminary and to the Franciscans and Salesians.
Krajewski's office funds its work by selling customized parchments with a photograph of the pope and an inscription in calligraphy that document papal blessings granted on a special occasion, such as a wedding, baptism or priestly ordination.
[6] Krajewski described how Francis has redefined the little-known office of papal almoner: "The Holy Father told me at the beginning: 'You can sell your desk.
He spent four days on the island of Lampedusa after a migrant boat carrying Eritreans capsized,[6] praying with police divers as they worked to raise the dead from the sea floor.
[9] Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino.
[10] On 11 May 2019 Krajewski climbed down a manhole cover in a Rome street to break a seal and switch back on the electricity supply to a building where 450 people were squatting, including 100 children, thereby restoring power and hot water which they had been without for five days.
Krajewski was criticised on Twitter by Matteo Salvini, the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, for his action but responded by telling the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: "From now on....
[13] Krajewski received significant attention in early May 2020 when he wired charity money for food to a group of transgender sex workers who had been left out of a job due to the COVID-19 pandemic.