Pope Francis kisses Auschwitz death camp tattoo on a survivor's arm

Rome — Pope Francis shared a tender moment with a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Wednesday, bending down to kiss the number tattooed onto her arm by the Nazis when she was just a child.

The leader of the Catholic Church was greeting the faithful after his general audience on Wednesday at the Vatican when he came upon 81-year-old Lidia Maksymowicz. After a Polish priest accompanying Maksymowicz told Francis her story, the survivor rolled up her sleeve to show the pope the number tattooed onto her arm by the Nazis: 70072.  Francis bent down to kiss it, and then the two hugged.