Family Say Their Baby's Tumour Shrank After Kiss From The Pope

A FAMILY believe they have witnessed a miracle after their sick baby's brain tumour  started to shrink after she was kissed by the Pope...

Pope Francis kissed one-year-old Gianna Masciantonio on the head during a visit to Philadelphia in September.

Following the papal parade in September, Gianna's family described the kiss as a miracle.

MRI scans from August and November show a clear difference in the size of the tumour.

Gianna's mum Kristen Masciantonio said: "You can't really see the tumour, in all of the scans it's just a blur.

 "She's getting better and stronger. She's blowing kisses. She's starting to point at things."

One of the Pope's bodyguards lifted Gianna out of the crowds to allow the Pope to kiss her on the top of her head.

Mum Kristen said: "I fell to my knees and I cried and I thank the Lord for helping us get through this and giving us this blessing."

Gianna was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour when she was just one month old.

Doctors ruled out surgery due to Gianna's blood cells attacking her brain stem and said she would not see her first birthday.

Gianna's dad Joey Masciantonio said: "I think all this is from God, the Pope is a messenger from God."

Speaking to CBS Philadelphia, the family said the kiss was divine intervention.

Mr Masciantonio said: "Last year was about living in honor of her. Now we're going to get to live with her."

 In an unlikely coincidence Gianna's brother Dominic shares a similar name with the bodyguard Domenico, who hoisted his sister out of the crowd.

Baby Gianna also met the daughter of her namesake St Gianna while the Pope was in Phildelphia.

It's believed this is not the first miracle believers say has been performed by Pope Francis.

In 2014, in Rome, he kissed a three-month-old baby with two holes in her heart.Medics later found one of the holes in Ava Cassidy's heart had completely closed and the other was half the size.

During a visit to New York last month he also appeared to show his 'healing power' when he blessed a wheelchair bound 12-year-old girl who had been struck down with a mystery illness.

Julia Bruzzese's family declared a miracle had begun when doctors were able to finally diagnose their daughter with Lyme Disease and begin treatment.

culled from express.co.uk

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