Pope Francis had already gotten into his Fiat to head into the city for Mass when he had the driver stop so he could walk over to the crowd.Pope Francis approached 11-year-old Michael Keating and bent over the barricade to kiss his head. Pope Francis made an unexpected stop as he was leaving the airport in Philadelphia Saturday morning to bless a boy in a wheelchair.Although there was a welcome delegation and a small group of people on the tarmac, there was no formal welcome ceremony planned for the pope's arrival from New York.
– Pope Francis made an impromptu stop minutes after arriving at the Philadelphia airport this morning when he had his driver pull over so he could bless a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, NBC Philadelphia reports. The pope leaned over a barricade and kissed Michael Keating, who uses a wheelchair. He also blessed others nearby, including a nun who drew his attention to Michael. The boy's mother thanked the pope through tears. KTRK reports the boy's father is the director of the marching band whose rendition of the theme from Rocky greeted the pope as he disembarked his plane.