Before Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis stopped to bless Bill McKeever, a Pennsylvania man who is confined to a wheelchair due to a chronic illness.

McKeever’s wife, Gail McCune, captured the tender moment and shared it with WPXI.

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Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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