{"id":1740,"date":"2017-08-02T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2025-09-28T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T00:17:15","slug":"charlie-gard-was-baptized-held-st-jude-medal-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1740","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Charlie Gard was baptized, held St. Jude medal before death&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the Catholic News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29bc379970c-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11151\" title=\"Charlie_Gard_holds_metal_of_St_Jude_Credit_FeatureWorld_CNA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29bc379970c-320wi.jpg 320w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d29bc379970c-320wi-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/global-church\/2017\/08\/01\/charlie-gard-baptized-held-st-jude-medal-death\/\">Shortly after his passing was announced, Pope Francis tweeted his solidarity with the parents. \u201cI entrust little Charlie to the Father and pray for his parents and all those who loved him,\u201d the pontiff said. He had previously made two statements in support of and solidarity with the child and his parents. One of these statements led to \u201cthe Pope\u2019s hospital,\u201d l\u2019Ospedale Bambino Ges\u00f9, offering to care for Charlie. Days before the boy\u2019s passing, Bambino Ges\u00f9 issued another statement, called \u201cCharlie\u2019s Legacy,\u201d noting that it was too late for the boy to receive care but also commending the fact that \u201c(f)or the first time, the international scientific community has gathered around a single patient, to carefully evaluate all the possibilities.\u201d They called this \u201cthe true legacy of Charlie.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Catholic News Agency. Shortly after his passing was announced, Pope Francis tweeted his solidarity with the parents. \u201cI entrust little Charlie to the Father and pray for his parents and all those who loved him,\u201d the pontiff said. He had previously made two statements in support of and solidarity with the child and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11152,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}