Wednesday 25 June 2014

Video & Photos: Pope Francis stops his car to bless disabled woman by the roadside

Pope Francis stopped his car on a quiet country highway to kiss a young disabled women who was waiting by the side of the road with her family to see him pass.
The leader of the Catholic Church had been returning from an appearance in Cassano allo Jonio in Calabria, southern Italy, when he spotted signs asking him to stop.
Disregarding any danger - he had hours earlier threatened to excommunicate members of the Mafia - he ordered his driver to pull over and he got out to greet and bless the group.
He bent over and kissed her on the forehead before shaking hands with her family, to cries of 'bravo' and 'grazie'
Catholic News Agency reported that Roberta, whose surname is not yet known, is so badly disabled she cannot travel far from her home and is reliant on a machine to breathe.
The whole incident was captured on video and uploaded to YouTube, where it has been viewed nearly 500,000 times.
Watch the vid below.

Big hearted: Pope Francis kisses the forehead of a disabled woman after responding to signs asking him to stop as he drove through rural Calabria on Saturday afternoon on his way back from a mass in the Mafia heartland
Stop! Pope Francis ordered a halt to his motorcade, making the driver stop the hatchback to greet the girl
Holy Mary, mother of Christ, see the Pope's car, how modest can one be? God bless the Pope!!!
Casual: The impromptu stop on Saturday is another son of Francis's down-to-earth nature
Emotional: The girl's family said it was 'very emotional to see how Pope Francis greeted Roberta'

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