Pope falls during Vatican Christmas mass (6)
MrRight6969: VATICAN CITY – A woman jumped over a barricade in St. Peter’s Basilica at the start of Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas Eve mass on Thursday and the pope slipped and fell, but he got up and began the service, a Vatican spokesman said.Father Federico Lombardi said the woman appeared to be "unstable." She was taken away by Vatican security.As security aides tried to stop her, the pope and an elderly cardinal fell to the marble floor of the basilica in the confusion.The pope, 82, was helped back to his feet and, apparently unharmed, walked up the main aisle of the basilica and continued the service. He later read his homily and appeared unaffected by the incident.The woman was being detained for questioning by Vatican security police.
Must have been borrowing Obama's security staff
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bohdiprana: Must have been borrowing Obama's security staff
The Vatican trains the security staff for Berlusconi
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MrRight6969: VATICAN CITY – A woman jumped over a barricade in St. Peter’s Basilica at the start of Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas Eve mass on Thursday and the pope slipped and fell, but he got up and began the service, a Vatican spokesman said.Father Federico Lombardi said the woman appeared to be "unstable." She was taken away by Vatican security.As security aides tried to stop her, the pope and an elderly cardinal fell to the marble floor of the basilica in the confusion.The pope, 82, was helped back to his feet and, apparently unharmed, walked up the main aisle of the basilica and continued the service. He later read his homily and appeared unaffected by the incident.The woman was being detained for questioning by Vatican security police.
They do serve a very good Chianti with the Christmas Lunch
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Hope noone got a good look up his skirt after he fell ..
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jvaski: Hope noone got a good look up his skirt after he fell ..
eeeeeeeek the shriveled papal rocket.
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Father Federico Lombardi said the woman appeared to be "unstable." She was taken away by Vatican security.
As security aides tried to stop her, the pope and an elderly cardinal fell to the marble floor of the basilica in the confusion.
The pope, 82, was helped back to his feet and, apparently unharmed, walked up the main aisle of the basilica and continued the service. He later read his homily and appeared unaffected by the incident.
The woman was being detained for questioning by Vatican security police.