This is the touching moment Pope Francis comforted a grieving boy who was worried his father didn't go to heaven as he was an atheist.
The boy, known only as Emanuele, broke down in tears as he approached the microphone to take part in a Q&A session with the pontiff who visited the St. Paul of the Cross parish on the outskirts of Rome on Sunday.
According to The National Catholic Reporter, Pope Francis told the crowd that Emanuele's father, who had recently passed away, was a 'good man' but hadn't believed in god.
And he reassured the heartbroken boy that his late father was in heaven because god is 'surely proud of him'.
"That man did not have the gift of faith, he wasn't a believer, but he had his children baptized. He had a good heart," Francis said.
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