{"id":20283,"date":"2025-04-22T02:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/10-of-pope-francis-most-heartwarming-and-memorable-moments\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T02:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T02:54:39","slug":"10-of-pope-francis-most-heartwarming-and-memorable-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/10-of-pope-francis-most-heartwarming-and-memorable-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"10 of Pope Francis&#8217; most heartwarming and memorable moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pope Francis, celebrated by many for his messages of inclusion and compassion, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died on Monday at the age of 88<\/a><\/span>, just one day after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-easter-sunday-appearance-st-peters-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">making a surprise appearance<\/a><\/span> in St. Peter&#8217;s Square at the Vatican.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis is known by many as a symbol of unity and hope, and he showed grace and kindness to people around the world. Here are some of the most heartwarming and memorable moments from his 12-year papacy.<\/p>\n<h2>Allowing children to walk up to the altar during Mass<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis regularly held Mass for papal audiences at the Vatican. On more than one occasion, children have walked up to the altar during Mass \u2014 and many times, the pope did not ask them to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, a young girl wearing a shirt that read &#8220;Love&#8221; walked up to the pope during Mass, clapping and walking around. The pope motioned to security and said in Italian, &#8220;Let her stay, God speaks for children, let her stay, let her stay,&#8221; according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/5f5db402-de4e-4d26-af79-941d0c1d713d\/thumbnail\/1240x889\/828ef9f8d1e238844288ba3f5d8e8dd1\/screenshot-2025-04-21-at-4-20-47-pm.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-04-21-at-4-20-47-pm.png \" height=\"889\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">When a child walked up to Pope Francis as he delivered Mass to an audience in 2019, he told security guards to let her stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similarly, in 2018, a young boy slipped away from his mother during Mass and walked around the pope&#8217;s podium, touching a guard&#8217;s spear. &#8220;He is Argentinian and unruly,&#8221; the pope joked to Georg G\u00e4nswein, prefect of the Papal Household, who was seated next to him, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/83e641e6-babc-4ef3-94f2-e3ffcb7dc87a\/thumbnail\/1240x886\/6bb36ca90afbe8ca98948a6c23293e84\/gettyimages-1066022266.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-VATICAN-POPE-AUDIENCE \" height=\"886\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Prefect of the Papal Household Georg G\u00e4nswein watches a boy who came from the audience onto the stage to play with a Swiss Guard&#8217;s spear as Pope Francis looks on during the weekly general audience on November 28, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                VINCENZO PINTO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pope told security to allow the boy to stay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This child cannot speak. He is mute. But he can communicate. He knows how to express himself,&#8221; Pope Francis told the audience, according to Reuters. &#8220;He is free, free and unruly. But he is free. He made me think of myself. Am I also so free in front of God?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Inviting a cancer survivor with Down syndrome to ride on the popemobile<\/h2>\n<p>On a trip with his family to Rome in 2018, a then-12-year-old boy with Down syndrome named <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-meets-ohio-boy-with-down-syndrome-who-survived-cancer-ride-in-popemobile\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Peter Lombardi had his wish fulfilled when Pope Francis<\/a><\/span> stopped his popemobile and kissed him on the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pope then allowed the boy, who had beaten leukemia, to come into the popemobile, the designated vehicle used by the pope during public appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In a video captured by the family&#8217;s tour guide, the boy&#8217;s mother says Peter beat cancer &#8220;by the Grace of God.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Doing tricks with the Harlem Globetrotters in Rome<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis met the Harlem Globetrotters \u2014 a team known for entertaining audiences with basketball tricks \u2014 when they took their show to Rome in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group made the pope an honorary member and gifted him with a No. 90 jersey with &#8220;Pope Francis&#8221; on the back. He even tried one of their signature tricks: spinning a basketball on his finger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/pope-francis-is-now-an-honorary-harlem-globetrotter\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Pope Francis is now an honorary Harlem Globetrotter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">00:44<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Performing with the circus of Cuba<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis got to practice his ball-spinning skills again when the circus of Cuba visited Rome in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group joined the pope during his weekly general audience, and a performer helped him spin a ball on his index finger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/379b9bd3-9bdd-48cd-b894-a27213884539\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/c6a3721f4ef45946c9bbf3a471d0d1df\/gettyimages-1076538762.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"VATICAN-POPE-AUDIENCE \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A performer from the circus of Cuba helps Pope Francis juggling with a ball during weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall on January 2, 2019, at the Vatican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                TIZIANA FABI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Petting and feeding a tiger<\/h2>\n<p>While celebrating circus performers in 2016, Pope Francis tried a more daring stunt: petting a tiger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pope held a jubilee for circus and carnival performers, street performers and more, congratulating them for bringing their art &#8220;to the poor and the homeless, to prisoners, to disadvantaged young people.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You do great things,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2016\/june\/documents\/papa-francesco_20160616_giubileo-spettacolo-viaggiante-popolare.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he said during an address<\/a>. &#8220;You are &#8216;artisans&#8217; of celebration, of astonishment; you are artisans of beauty: with these qualities you enrich the society of the whole world, also with the aspiration to nourish feelings of hope and trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/d1154adc-1b6a-4a41-b93a-825e26d5ed63\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/ec8478aa5d2dc2d50f4d6ebfadfe3882\/gettyimages-540668936.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"Pope Francis celebrates the Jubilee of the 'World of Travelling Shows' \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis caresses a young tiger during his audience with the participants in the Jubilee of the &#8220;World of Travelling Shows&#8221; at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican on June 16, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Giuseppe Ciccia\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Blessing the eyes of a child who was going blind<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis often visited people with disabilities, recently visiting a center for blind children in Hungary in 2023 and the Irm\u00e3s Alma School for children with disabilities in Dili, East Timor, in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he was photographed blessing the eyes of a 5-year-old girl with a genetic disorder that leads to blindness. Lizzy Myers, from Ohio, had a bucket list to see the world before she completely lost her eyesight. Rome was on the list, and when her family visited, she got to meet the pope.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/ohio-girl-going-blind-meets-the-pope\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Ohio girl going blind meets the Pope<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">02:19<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Signing a Harley-Davidson\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In 2019, Pope Francis welcomed the Christian motorcycle group Jesus Bikers from Austria and signed a Harley-Davidson \u2014 which became known as a &#8220;Holy Davidson&#8221; \u2014 for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was later auctioned off for more than $55,700, with the proceeds going toward building an orphanage in Uganda, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-50097038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to BBC News.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/07b366f4-ce73-4c33-b5c0-3ba402dc58bb\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/25d522d8783cdb51d54937847df39a8d\/gettyimages-1146810947.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"Pope Francis Attends His Weekly General Audience \" height=\"828\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis poses for a photo with members of Christian motorcycle group in front of an Harley Davidson motorcycle during his weekly general audience on May 29, 2019 at St. Peter&#8217;s Square in the Vatican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Massimo Valicchia\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Visiting children in the hospital<\/h2>\n<p>As he recovered from abdominal surgery in 2023, Pope Francis used his time at Rome&#8217;s Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic hospital <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-hospital-discharge-expected-abdominal-surgery-photos-children-cancer-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to visit pediatric cancer patients<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After undergoing surgery to fix a hernia, the Vatican released pictures showing the pope in a wheelchair in a hallway of the pediatric oncology ward visiting children, their parents and medical staff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/06\/15\/efcd29c0-200c-4651-a46a-80d41829f642\/thumbnail\/1240x868g6\/9b1f4a2f40500d578a88666588c84f8a\/pope-gemelli-children-cancer-2023.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"pope-gemelli-children-cancer-2023.jpg \" height=\"868\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis  visits children and their families at the paediatric oncology department of the Gemelli  hospital in Rome, Italy, June 15, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Vatican Media\/Handout<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Sharing his 87th birthday cake with children<\/h2>\n<p>When he turned 87 on Dec. 17, 2023, Pope Francis celebrated with children at Santa Marta Dispensary, a medical facility in Vatican City that helps children and women in need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In videos from the celebration, children sing &#8220;happy birthday&#8221; to the pope, who lets them take swipes of icing from his cake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/ab9f68b0-5c65-41b2-b3ef-8ea8191db026\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/700e63471bd26cdddf10ca6856913f42\/gettyimages-1854050889.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE-AUDIENCE \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A birthday cake is presented to Pope Francis for his 87th birthday during an audience to the children of Santa Marta Dispensary in the Paul VI Audience Hall on December 17, 2023 in the Vatican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ANDREAS SOLARO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Meeting &#8220;Spider-Man&#8221; Mattia Villardita<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis met Mattia Villardita, who visits children in the hospital while dressed in full costume as &#8220;Spider-Man,&#8221; when he attended his audience in 2021 in Vatican City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/671663f8-61ea-4869-89af-8fb9b0863747\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/eeeef078a88aefa1d0f4ff2004da19d8\/gettyimages-1325034839.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"Pope Francis Holds His Weekly Audience \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis greets Mattia Villardita, a young man in the Spider-Man costume who makes children smile in the pediatric wards of hospitals, during his general audience at the courtyard of San Damaso on June 23, 2021, in Vatican City, Vatican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                FRANCO ORIGLIA \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/pope-francis\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/caitlin-okane\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Caitlin  O&#8217;Kane<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Caitlin O&#8217;Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. 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