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Little Estella steals Pope Francis' zucchetto as he gives her a kiss during his weekly general audience March 22.
Little Estella steals Pope Francis' zucchetto as he gives her a kiss during his weekly general audience March 22. CNA photo/L'Osservatore Romano

Watch this little girl steal Pope Francis' hat

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  • March 22, 2017

VATICAN CITY – A cute moment was captured on camera Wednesday, as a 3-year-old girl “stole” Pope Francis’ zucchetto – or skull cap – at the papal general audience.

Little Estella lives in Georgia. She was in Rome with her godfather, Mountain Butorac. Waiting in St. Peter’s Square at the general audience, she was invited by a member of the papal security team to go greet the Pope as he came by.

Pope Francis offered the young girl a kiss on the cheek, and she reached up and grabbed his zucchetto. A moment later, she returned the hat to a laughing pontiff.

Meanwhile, Butorac captured the incident on his phone camera, and posted it to Twitter, where it quickly received more than 8,000 likes.

“It’s exciting!” Butorac told BuzzFeed News. “I’m sure every godparent would love for their godchild to meet the Holy Father. Mine just did and it was not only a special holy moment, but hilarious too!”

(Story from the Catholic News Agency)

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