Vatican City, Dec 3, 2016 / 05:07 am
Pope Francis has again captured the hearts of the world, with a tear-jerking letter to a young Italian girl dying from cancer, which was read aloud at the girl's funeral once she passed away.
"Dear Paolina, your photos are on my desk, because in your very special gaze I see the light of goodness and innocence. Thank you for sending them to me!" the Pope said at the beginning of his letter.
He instructed the girl to "read this letter together with your mother, and the kiss she will now give you will be the kiss of the Pope."
Originally published on the Italian website "Il Faro di Roma," the letter was dated Sept. 22 and addressed to 10-year-old Paolina Libraro, who was suffering from an advanced form of cancer.