Pope Francis Blesses Man With Severely Disfigured Face
By Catholic News Agency 11/21/2013
"VATICAN CITY — Continuing his efforts to promote a “culture of encounter” with the disabled, Pope Francis again embraced a severely disfigured man after his Nov. 20 weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square.
The Pope spoke with a man who lacks facial features, embraced him and gave him a blessing. Pope Francis then smiled at the man, kissed him and gestured toward the sky in the midst of a crowded square.
The cause of the man’s disfigurement was not known. His identity is also not known, the British newspaper The Daily Mail reported...."
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