Pope Francis met with a Delegation of the Italian Federation of Rare Diseases in the Apostolic Palace. <\/p>\n
Today, we bring you our lives. We are parents, children, teens and adults with rare diseases.<\/em><\/p>\n But this meeting was different than other audiences. Children came forward and brought Pope Francis their drawings\u2014something that changed the course of the meeting. <\/p>\n Rather than reading the speech he had prepared, the Pope set it aside and spoke off the cuff.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis then took time to greet each child and give them a rosary.<\/p>\n Antonia, here's a rosary. This is for you.<\/em><\/p>\n Afterwards, the Pope offered a few words praising the spontaneity of the group.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Founded in 1999, the Italian Federation of Rare Diseases is dedicated to protecting the rights and improving the quality of life of their patients and their families.<\/p>\n KG<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Pope was so moved by their gifts and spontaneity that he spoke off the cuff and instead took time to greet the children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-Oyw8XCxGsM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbambinimalattierareeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbambinimalattierareint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>This is better than a speech, isn't it? This is your speech\u2014this spontaneity. Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The real speech was what they showed us, with their limitations, with their illnesses, they made us understand that there is always a chance to grow and to move forward. <\/em><\/p>\n