WATCH: Pope Francis Stops His Motorcade to Bless Daughter of Immigrants | Sojourners

WATCH: Pope Francis Stops His Motorcade to Bless Daughter of Immigrants

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Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”

Pope Francis paraded through Washington D.C., on Sept. 23, and took Jesus’ words literally.

After Francis’ security detachment turned away a young girl who had gotten over the barricade fence to greet him, he quickly called her over for a blessing.

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