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July 25, 2013

At Rio hospital, Pope offers drug addicts an embrace and a challenge

Carlos Francisco Tarige Britto presents a hand-carved figure of St. Francis of Assisi to Pope Francis as the pontiff greets patients, family and staff at St. Francis of Assisi Hospital in Rio de Janeiro July 24. The pope addressed a group of recovering d rug addicts offering them a message of compassion and hope as well as a call to self-determination.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Pope Francis addressed a group of recovering drug addicts in a working-class neighborhood of Rio, offering them a message of compassion and hope as well as a call to self-determination.

Published in World Youth Day 2013