Houston family with 10 sons featured in pope video
Lauren Freeman, Anchor
HOUSTON – On Pope Francis' schedule this week is the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. At that conference, a unique Houston family with a total of 10 sons will be profiled in a video.
The Garcia-Pratt family got involved after they were approached at a conference about a video series for the event. Even though the family will not be attending the conference, they still feel very blessed to play a small role.
"We're kind of there but we're not there. But it was very humbling to be just a small part of this meeting of families," Cathy Garcia-Pratt said.
The 10 sons were born over the course of the couple's 42-year marriage.
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