New photos have emerged from the pope's weekly audience. The leader of the world’s 1.3billion Catholics was greeting pilgrims following his weekly public audience when a man covered in neuronal tumors, a rare and painful disease called neurofibromatosis, which causes boils, impaired vision and in some cases cancer approached him, asking for a blessing.
Patients suffering from the ailment, which is genetic and not contagious are often stigmatised but people were amazed when Pope Francis instead, kissed the man on the face and blessed him with the sign of the cross. He was photographed with his eyes tightly shut in prayer for the man. See more photos below
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