Pope Francis had the Fiat that was driving him away from the plane as he arrived in Philadelphia Saturday morning stop after he spotted a disabled boy and then kissed his forehead when he approached him, the San Francisco Gate reported.
The pope spotted Michael Keating, a 10-year-old boy who suffers from cerebral palsy, who was with his mother Kristin and father Chuck, the director of the Bishop Shanahan High School band that serenaded the pope as he touched down in Philadelphia.
Kristin sobbed as the pope touched his head and kissed it. She then thanked him while holding his hand. "It was an unbelievable feeling," Kristen said, adding that the pope made her feel "totally blessed and loved," according to the Associated Press.
This does not mark the first time that the pope has stopped to bless a child in a wheelchair all throughout his trip in the U.S., as he had a tender moment with 12-year-old Julia Buzzese after he arrived in New York Thursday.
A 17-year-old named Stephanie Gabaud, who has spina bifida, also caught the attention of the pope while he celebrated mass at at St. Patrick's Cathedral later on in the evening, according to USA Today.
