The Pope Is Controversial, But He Has Compassion

Pope embraces ailing man with visible tumors, photos touch the world

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The guy just keeps those good deeds coming. While concluding his general audience on Wednesday in Vatican City, Pope Francis touched the nearly 50,000 attendees in St. Peter’s Square by embracing an ailing man who suffers from a painful, disfiguring genetic disorder. In a series of photos (one of them is shown above) that have since gone viral, His Holiness is seen praying, then placing his hands on the unnamed man, who then proceeds to bury his head in the pope’s chest. According to the Catholic News Agency, the man suffers from neurofibromatosis, a disease that causes pain and tumors throughout the body, as well as a host of other hearing, vision, heart and nerve complications. The pope has previously encouraged increased interaction with people from all walks of life, especially the poor, weak and sick. It’s hard not to follow his example. [Source]

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