Syrian Refugee Family Praises Pope

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Syrian refugee family prays for Pope who saved them

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Syrian couple and their child have carved out a quiet life in suburban Rome .

Pope Francis brought them and two other Muslim families back with him to Italy from refugee camps in Lesbos .

"He’s a gift from paradise, that God sent us to save us," says Hasan Zaheda , a father-of-one.

The real test has been integration, from processing asylum cases to school and job placement.

Riad has joined a local basketball team, and pictures from the court line his bedroom, where a large Syrian flag hangs by his bunkbed.

He likes to read The Little Prince in English , but his Arabic is tentative, even though he spends most afternoons with his grandfather, who loves to sketch local churches.

His parents say they will likely stay in Italy , instead of joining relatives in France or returning to a Syria they probably couldn't recognize.

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