After meeting the Pope, Villardita told Catholic news The agency said that as a Catholic, this experience made him “very happy” and shared that the pope had told him to “take a lot of selfies with the children in the square.”

Veradita shared that he had a desire to be a symbol of hope for young people in the hospital, so he began to dress like his childhood hero.

“When you are in the hospital, you will see the world from a different perspective and appreciate the little things in life,” he told the locals news. “A lot of people don’t realize that they are really lucky. So I feel the urge to do something, which is almost a mission.”