TheNewYorkTimes.com
ROME — An “unbalanced woman” jumped the barriers in St. Peter’s Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass, a Vatican spokesman said on Thursday.
But the pope quickly got back on his feet and celebrated Mass before thousands of people, urging them in his homily to become “truly vigilant people.”
Television images showed a woman in red leap toward Benedict as he began to walk up the central aisle, as the police and bodyguards scrambled to the aid of the 82-year-old pope.
The woman also knocked down Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, said the spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.
Too bad..waxing him would have been a major victory for Humanity. -better luck next time.
How the Italian people stood by and let an ex-hitler youth become pope is a curiosity unto itself.
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If you think albino is lucky wait till you have tried rope of the pope. The lady knows what she likes.
Just saw CNN headline:
“Woman knocks down pope at Mass; Christmas celebrations begin”
ROFL. It sounds like a ritual or something. Lets floor this fart-knocker and go party!
i bet the pope is feeling less popey today.
The old guy fell down and went boom. Aahhh, all those abuse kids must be feeling so bad right about now.
If this old fart hadn’t covered some of it up then maybe the whole “problem” could have been fixed much sooner. When he starts to understand the pain he caused others, I’ll worry about his booboo.
Floyd said:
The Pope really isn’t a member of a biker gang or anything like that…
No, just the Mafia.
Help. I’ve fallen and can’t arise!
The real value of free speech has just been demonstrated again.
There is no easy way to separate the nice people from the vicious vermin until they express their views.
Several people just demonstrated which they are.
Four of the guys walking with the Pope need to be young strong guys with fast reflexes willing to block rather than devoted to hauling junk around or animated window dressing.
Olympic “Pope Jumping” next sensation ?