Tommaso, the last child blessed by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square. Mom: « A caress on the head, then left us »
Anastasia Balestriero and his partner Niccolò Barbero, a couple of Frassineto (Alessandria), were in Rome with the small of 3 months on Easter Sunday for what proved to be the last crowd bath for Bergoglio
«The Pope has chosen Tommaso to give him one last caress. I will tell my son that, if he was chosen from thousands of other children, it is no coincidence. That there is a deeper sense « . Words Anastasia Balestriero than with his partner Niccolò Barbero He was in the square in Rome to participate in the Urbi et orbi blessing.
«Tommaso – he continues – was such a desired child. It arrived when, by now, we had lost the hopes of having another child. Believingbehind that exciting and sudden gesture, I see a drawing bigger than us. Everything has been unexpected».
The little Tommaso Barbero, three months made on April 30, was sleeping when Pope Francis He chose it during what would have been his last tour between the crowd. To the baby, on Easter Sunday, he gave his blessing with a caress on his head.
By Monferrato
The couple had started from Frassinetosmall town in Monferrato in the province of Alessandria to spend Easter Sunday in Rome. « We didn’t expect the Pope to pass among the people – she says -. It was a continuous coming and going. We saw the security ask to do space, we asked hopeful but the answer was always the same: « Depends on the pope’s will »
Family tradition
Anastasia was in the front row, leaning against the barriers to lighten the weight of the child sleeping in his arms. For her Easter in San Pietro is one family traditionsince he is small. Tommaso’s grandmother lives in Rome, a few steps from the Vatican. He has always brought his daughters there on the opportunities of celebration and Anastasia continued for adult devotion, first with the husband and the firstborn Domeniconow also with the latest arrival in the family. « Seeing him in the square has already been an emotion – he says -. He surprised me he chose us even before going around to go back to the square. When he arrived in front of us He asked to stop the car and get the child brought ».
Tommaso sleeps, he does not agitated or gets notic yet Pope Francis sees him from afar. He indicates and asks the security to stop the Papmobile on the way back. Then Tommaso passes and caresses him. « Being chosen in that way was an incredible emotion – says Anastasia -. Not even twenty -four hours later we learned the news of death. He shook me, I was dazed. Sunday I had seen it suffering did not have oxygen. I thought he was better, I didn’t think it was a farewell. But he was not smiling as always and also for this reason his gesture surprised me: he could only greet, instead he chose to caress my child. I will never forget it. I will always remember him in Tommaso too ».
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