María García de Jaime and Tomás Páramo arrived in Rome and were unexpectedly given the opportunity to attend the Pope's Audience and to greet him in person.
TOMÁS PÁRAMO
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“We looked at each other, speechless. We thought, 'What just happened?' We just arrived in Rome and saw the Pope. It was very powerful, to have someone so important suddenly approach you like a normal person then go back to the Vatican.”
MARÍA GARCÍA DE JAIME
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“It's crazy to think that yesterday we met the Pope, we were with him, and that now he is suddenly really far away again. It's all very exciting.”
The attended a General Audience. They say it was the best part of their trip and a gift from God.
TOMÁS PÁRAMO
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“God wanted to give us this gift. If not for that, we would have had no reason to stay this week, since we had another work commitment. Those plans fell through and María for my birthday gave me these three days in Rome. This city is very important to us.”
They are quite popular in Spain and on social media. They use their Instagram account to communicate God's message, undaunted by haters.
MARÍA GARCÍA DE JAIME
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“Instagram is a social media platform in which you can do many bad things, but it is also a loudspeaker for good things. We have tried, from the get-go, to communicate who God is for us, which is, love.”
The couple's videos and pictures help many people grow closer to God, something they say gives them a sense of fulfillment.
MARÍA GARCÍA DE JAIME
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“Many people have written to us over the years, thanking us for not being afraid to talk about God, because now they can talk about God in front of their friends, and they're not afraid to say they believe in God, because they realize that there's nothing wrong with that. And that alone gives us a lot of satisfaction.”
“I told myself I would shake the Pope's hand. It was something I had to do.”
María and Tomás are back in Spain, happy that they were able to meet the Pope and spend time in Rome, praying for peace.
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