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Vatican City, Sep 16, 2016 \/ 11:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- On Friday, Pope Francis visited a neonatal hospital unit and a hospice for the terminally ill, stressing the dignity of human life from conception to natural death.<\/p>\n

The Sept. 16 visit is the latest in the Pope\u2019s \u201cMercy Friday\u201d initiatives, to spend time with various groups each month during the Jubilee of Mercy.<\/p>\n

In previous trips, he has made surprise stops at places including an elderly home, a drug and alcohol rehab center, and a facility for retired priests.<\/p>\n

In this month\u2019s visit, Pope first visited the San Giovanni hospital, stopping at both the emergency room and the neonatal unit. Currently there are 12 babies with various conditions in the unit. Five of them \u2013 including one set of twins \u2013 are in very serious condition in the ICU.<\/p>\n

A Vatican description of the event said that Pope Francis wore a hygienic mask and took other sanitary precautions, like all visitors to the unit, where the children\u2019s immune systems are often weak.<\/p>\n

He spoke to the babies in each incubator, and greeted their parents, offering words of comfort.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis then visited the Villa Speranza Hospice, where 30 patients in the terminal stages of illness are housed. He greeted each patient one-by-one, as well as their families, in an emotional encounter.<\/p>\n

Through the visit, \u201cthe Holy Father wanted to give a strong sign of the importance of life, from its first moment to its natural end,\u201d the Vatican said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe acceptance of life and the guarantee of human dignity at all stages of development are lessons repeatedly stressed by Pope Francis,\u201d the Vatican continued, adding that the Pope\u2019s dual mercy visit is a \u201cconcrete and tangible sign\u201d of how essential it is to give our attention \u201cto those in the most vulnerable and precarious situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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