Seriously.
Pope Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome the ride of his life — sort of.
Francis invited Alberto di Tullio up onto his open-top Mercedes at the end of his general audience Wednesday, letting him spin around on the pontiff’s white chair while tens of thousands of people looked on.
Francis invited Alberto di Tullio up onto his open-top Mercedes at the end of his general audience Wednesday, letting him spin around on the pontiff’s white chair while tens of thousands of people looked on.The boy’s father, Celestino di Tullio, told The Associated Press he choked up when Francis approached his son: “The pope saw him, embraced him. Then Alberto pointed to the car, and so he brought him up!”
This guy's the real deal... not that Pope Emeritus Benedict VXI wasn't but clearly Pope Francis has a way... a genuine and jovial way... of connecting.
Awesome.
