--- description: The image of Pope Francis kissing a disfigured man became a symbol of the Pope's compassion for all people. For Vinicio Riva, it was a... title: Meet the Disfigured Man Kissed by Pope Francis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Meet the Disfigured Man Kissed by Pope Francis by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 26, 2013 5:33 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 26, 2013 5:33 PM CUT The image of Pope Francis kissing a disfigured man became a symbol of the Pope’s compassion for all people. For Vinicio Riva, it was a life-changing moment. Meet the Disfigured Man Kissed by Pope Francis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7258523/meet-the-disfigured-man-kissed-by-pope-francis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7258523/meet-the-disfigured-man-kissed-by-pope-francis/"},"headline":"Meet the Disfigured Man Kissed by Pope Francis","datePublished":"2013-11-26T17:33:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-19T02:11:29.160Z","description":"The image of Pope Francis kissing a disfigured man became a symbol of the Pope's compassion for all people. For Vinicio Riva, it was a...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7258523/meet-the-disfigured-man-kissed-by-pope-francis/","keywords":["Pakistan","Syria","Japan","Haiyan","Toronto","Earthquake","Fukushima","tsunami","Haiti","Flood","Contamination","typhoon","victims"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7258523/meet-the-disfigured-man-kissed-by-pope-francis/","name":"Meet the Disfigured Man Kissed by Pope Francis"}}]}] ```