El papa Francisco cumplió este miércoles en el Vaticano el deseo de la pequeña Lizzy, una estadounidense de 6 años, quien está por quedar ciega debido a una enfermedad genética.
Acompañada por sus padres y su hermana pequeña, Lizzy, que estaba sentada en las primeras filas de la plaza de San Pedro, pudo hablar y abrazar al pontífice, un pedido que hizo antes de que pierda definitivamente la vista.
Francisco bendijo los ojos de la niña, le acarició la cara y le regaló un rosario, en un encuentro muy emotivo.
Elizabeth Myers, llamada Lizzy, vive en Belleville, Ohio, y sufre el síndrome de Usher, un trastorno genético poco común que combina la pérdida auditiva parcial al nacer y la pérdida gradual de la visión en la infancia.
Una compañía aérea turca ofreció cuatro pasajes para la familia, que decidió venir a Roma para conocer al pontífice argentino.
La niña quedó sorprendida por la personalidad del papa, tan sincera y cariñosa con los niños.
Los padres de la niña decidieron aprovechar la visita a Italia para mostrarle importantes obras de arte así como monumentos históricos de manera que queden grabados en su memoria. AFP
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Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss, is pictured as Pope Francis leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss, sits as Pope Francis leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Pope Francis blesses Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss, at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Pope Francis meets Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss and her parents, at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Pope Francis touches the eyes of Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss, at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Pope Francis talks with Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Pope Francis blesses Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Myers, a 5-year-old girl from Ohio, U.S. who suffers from a genetic disease known as Usher syndrome, which leads to blindness and hearing loss, at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
