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Orphan children are seen during an art lesson about solidarity in Douma, Syria, Dec. 19, 2017. Pope Francis told a group of children and young people at the Vatican that often when people are unable to love or accept a child with problems or illness, it is because they are too weak themselves to be able to bear someone else's vulnerabilities. On Feb. 19 the Vatican released a written transcript of the pope's Jan. 4 remarks. (CNS/Mohammed Badra, EPA)