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Pope Francis embraces a boy prior to his first \’Urbi et Orbi\’ blessing on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images News/Getty Images.
By Hillary Senour
.- The father of a boy with special needs, whose iconic hug from Pope Francis has captured the world\’s attention, says that the Pope in that instant held \”all people\” with disabilities.
\”The Pope was embracing all the impoverished in that moment and it was a profound blessing,\” Dr. Paul Gondreau told CNA April 2.
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