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Vatican shares patients' get-well notes as pope recovers from surgery

The Vatican released get-well cards from children in the hospital's pediatric oncology ward after photos showed Pope Leo celebrating Mass there following cancer surgery.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe new part tonight is the notes.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Vatican released pictures of get-well cards sent to Pope Leo by children in the hospital's pediatric oncology ward, after photos of his Mass there.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorChildren writing to the patient. I'm sorry, but I'm looking for the catastrophe here, and I can't find one. It's deeply unsettling.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThere's no front coming in, Dale. It's clear skies, and I resent every bit of it.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCan I just say, this is exactly what I've been telling this desk.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKindness is trending, and I would like it noted that I called it.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou called nothing, Vera. The kids wrote the cards, and the Vatican posted them. You're not in the credits.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish. Somebody in that ward picked a crayon, and that is a leadership decision.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA crayon. And who's checking the crayons? That's all I'm asking, and nobody on this panel will say it.

  10. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight, that's enough. Nobody is auditing crayons on my watch.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, you're smiling.

  12. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFine, the notes got me. There, I said it, so can we please move on before Dale finds a problem with the glitter?

  13. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex, we agreed on something for once. What's your rival's mascot going to ruin for you tonight?

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