Parents of disabled girl share memory of meeting the pope

September 27, 2015

Lynn and Scott Cassidy’s daughter Ave was born with two holes in her heart

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Parents of disabled girl share memory of meeting the pope

After Ave met Pope Francis when she was 3 months old, one of the holes closed, and the other shrank to half its size. Now 20 months old, she was also born with Down syndrome, eye problems and hearing complications.


 

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