NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A group of students from Father Ryan High School left a piece of Nashville with the Pope Leo in Rome

A dozen Father Ryan students were on their pilgrimage to the Vatican when a once-in-a-lifetime experience happened.

The group woke up early one morning to see the Pope take a ride in the Popemobile in St. Peter's Square.

Father Ryan sophomore Gavin Thornburg told News 2 one of his teachers encouraged him to give his Father Ryan hat to the Pope, so he thought why not?

"The Pope does like a little swipe for my hat. He misses. And then the his like, Secret Service guy ended up handing that, which was really cool. You know that it mattered that much, the guy to hand it to him. So, yeah, it was really cool. I'm only now processing how cool that is, because at the mo

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