youth with Down-Syndrome fulfills his dream of hugging the Pope

Well here's a nice story:

" a youthwho suffers from Down syndrome and recently received the Sacrament of Confirmation in Italy, fulfilled his dream on Sept. 5 of meeting Pope Benedict XVI and giving him a hug.

According to LOsservatore Romano, after the Popes Wednesday general audience, the boy named Luca greeted and briefly spoke with the pontiff. Luca was accompanied during the audience by 449 other young people from the Archdiocese of Lucca who all received confirmation in recent weeks."

Read more: http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=6107#ixzz25pfV80uJ

Ain't that something, his name is Luca and he's from the Archdiocese of Lucca.

No jokes.

Only touching.

Beautiful story, thanks for posting.

Well isn't that swell.

Well isn't that swell.

worlock77

Well isn't that swell.

worlock77

Mr. Pope, can you ask God why I was born this way???

I have a fantastic pedophile joke, but I'm not sure if I'll be modded for it or not. Moderation always killing the funny.Rhazakna

Ain't that something, his name is Luca and he's from the Archdiocese of Lucca.

whipassmt

Lucca is the city that hosts the Lucca Comics, the third biggest comics/manga/games meeting in the world, and Luca is one of the most common names here in Italy. Not really much to be surprised about, you should know both, lol.

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Ain't that something, his name is Luca and he's from the Archdiocese of Lucca.

N30F3N1X

Lucca is the city that hosts the Lucca Comics, the third biggest comics/manga/games meeting in the world, and Luca is one of the most common names here in Italy. Not really much to be surprised about, you should know both, lol.

[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I have a fantastic pedophile joke, but I'm not sure if I'll be modded for it or not. Moderation always killing the funny.whipassmt

Mr. Pope, can you ask God why I was born this way???

BossPerson

Did they confirm he has down syndrome? Could have been just a Christian.

I bet the Pope enjoyed the hugging a little too much...

Did they confirm he has down syndrome? Could have been just a Christian.

Blue-Sky

Like Tolkien?

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[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I have a fantastic pedophile joke, but I'm not sure if I'll be modded for it or not. Moderation always killing the funny.Rhazakna

I would love to meet/see the Pope. Closest thing I got was to shake hands with Cardinal Dolan on St. Patrick's Day.

I would love to meet/see the Pope. Closest thing I got was to shake hands with Cardinal Dolan on St. Patrick's Day.

airshocker

Was it sticky?

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I would love to meet/see the Pope. Closest thing I got was to shake hands with Cardinal Dolan on St. Patrick's Day.

Blue-Sky

Was it sticky?

[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I have a fantastic pedophile joke, but I'm not sure if I'll be modded for it or not. Moderation always killing the funny.whipassmt

I also doubt they liked they liked the Catholic Church actively covering up their crimes for years. They, i.e. the church administration. deserve everything that's coming to them.

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I have a fantastic pedophile joke, but I'm not sure if I'll be modded for it or not. Moderation always killing the funny.Rhazakna

Meh. Would rather meet the Dalai Lama.

Meh. Would rather meet the Dalai Lama.

Aljosa23

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[QUOTE="airshocker"]

I would love to meet/see the Pope. Closest thing I got was to shake hands with Cardinal Dolan on St. Patrick's Day.

Mike-uk

Was it sticky?

Was it sticky?

Blue-Sky

Not particularly. Wasn't slimy like the democratic state senator's whose hand I also shook.

**** the pope. I want his hat though.

Meeting the Pope would be pretty coolchessmaster1989

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Meeting the Pope would be pretty coolSajo7

Not a big fan of the Pope or the church, but it was still a nice story.

[QUOTE="Sajo7"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Meeting the Pope would be pretty coolchessmaster1989

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Meeting the Pope would be pretty coolSajo7

Did they confirm he has down syndrome? Could have been just a Christian.

Blue-Sky

[QUOTE="Rhazakna"][QUOTE="whipassmt"] please those jokes are so overdone. And I doubt that victims of sexual abuse like it when people joke about this stuff.blurguy6

god what a sh!tty dream

No jokes.

Only touching.

Necrifer

only a person with down syndrome would have this dream

Awesome, I wanna meet Kalistos Ware and NT Wright.

That's cute.

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Did they confirm he has down syndrome? Could have been just a Christian.

N30F3N1X

Like Tolkien?

[QUOTE="Sajo7"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Meeting the Pope would be pretty coolchessmaster1989

"Can I have that $50 billion you aren't using?"