Filipino boy who hugged Pope Francis recounts brief encounter with pontiff
During a papal visit to the Philippines in January 2015, Pope Francis made an unscheduled trip to visit children living with Manila’s Tulay ng Kabataan Foundation, a non-profit group aimed at helping street children and the impoverished groups in the capital. One of them, then 10-year-old John Alvin Atis, had a special moment with the late Pope, as he welcomed him at the compound entrance with a long embrace. Atis, now 20 years old, still watches videos of the encounter and recounts how that particular incident had been one of the most meaningful incidents in his life.
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