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A young boy approached and hugged Pope Francis while he was addressing the faithful during the Year of Faith Celebration at St. Peter's Square at The Vatican in this photo provided by Osservatore Romano on Sunday, October 26, and released October 29. The boy, who was sitting on the steps, wandered near the Pope and eventually gave the Pontiff a hug. Pope Francis then convinced the child to take a seat but instead, the eager youngster sat on the Pope's chair while he continued his speech. AFP/Osservatore Romano

Pope Francis meets perhaps biggest, certainly cutest fan

by Mike Krumboltz
Yahoo News, 30 October 2013

A young boy wandered onto the stage at the Vatican this past weekend, hugging Pope Francis as he tried to give a speech.The boy, who looks about 6, was originally sitting on the steps near the Pope, while Francis listened to followers address him at the Vatican's Year of Faith Celebration. Boys will be boys, and this one wanted a closer look at the man in the robe. So, he wandered up to give a personal hello.

But the boy's misadventure didn't end there. He kissed the cross around the Pope's neck.



And refused to be ushered back to his seat and, as other people came on stage to greet the Pope, the boy did his best to keep them from honing in on his new buddy, the Pope.

Eventually Francis convinced the child to take a seat. But he didn't go back to his spot on the steps. Instead, the rambunctious youngster sat on the Pope's chair while he continued his speech, which led to this a-dor-a-ble photo that @pegobry posted on Twitter.


PEG @pegobry
Love. Kid runs on stage during @Pontifex speech, hugs him, Pope sits him on his chair to continue the speech.
9:01 AM - 29 Oct 2013

The interaction goes to show a.) the Pope has some serious cross-generational appeal and b.) you can get away with a lot when you're a kid and don't know any better.

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that's just too adorable!

viva il papa!

that tyke could be the future pope francis II!  who can say?

Nagngisi ko nagbasa ani. Hehehehe.

bwahaha. mao ba, bro.

I did research on this and found out nga gitabangan pa diay gani sa bata si Pope Francis in ushering the visitors. Hehehe. Cute kaajo ning act sa bata. Very genuine.

ako gyod hinooy inahan aning bataa di na lang gyod nako gukdon kay mahimo kong laing sine, way angay. 

at least, the boy can get away with it.  what a great story.

look closer, pareha baya sila ug buhok.  puro pa gyod patok.