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| The West family outside the Vatican Photo From Make A Wish Foundation |
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New Jersey girl battling neuroblastoma saw her dream come true
Wednesday when she got an audience with Pope Francis.
Grace
West, a fifth-grader, has undergone nine rounds of chemotherapy over
the past year, NJ.com reported. She and her family traveled to Rome
Monday after receiving permission from her doctor so that she could
be present at the pope’s weekly assembly in St. Peter’s Square at
the Vatican.
With
the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the former altar server
received a kiss on the top of her head from Pope Francis. The
organization, which helped fund her trip, learned about West after a
group of volunteers gathered to build the little girl a tree house
earlier this year.
“I
am just so excited she got to meet the Holy Father,” Monsignor Sam
Sirianni, the family’s pastor, told NJ.com.
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