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Boy who got past security barrier to embrace Pope Francis at WYD 2013 is now a seminarian

July 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Nathan de Brito hugs Pope Francis during his visit to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day 2013. / Credit: Nathan de Brito/personal file

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The little boy who managed to get past the crowd control bar… […]

Boy who embraced pope during WYD in Rio is now a young man discerning religious life

January 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Nathan de Brito and Pope Francis at World Youth Day 2013 (L) Nathan de Brito and Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias en 2021 (R). Facebook de Mons. Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias / Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias via Facebook.

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