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July 15 2013

Pope Francis at Castelgandolfo

at the end of the Angelus the Pope greeted a group of elderly peopleand The Friends of the Community of Sant'Egidio, onholiday these days in the Castelli Romani

 
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On the occasion of Pope Francis’Angelus, a delegation of elderly people and of The Friends, the people with disabilities of the Community of Sant'Egidio, who were on holiday these days in the Castelli Romani, went to Castel Gandolfo.

After the Marian prayer, the Pope approached the crowd and greeted with affection one by one all the disabled and the elderly, including the Community group.

The Holy Father congratulated Hirseyo Tuccimei, a woman with disabilities who graduated in cultural anthropology last week, and received, from Maria Raffaella Bertoli, a letter from The Friends and a poem dedicated to him.


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