AFP: A woman pushing against a barrier caused Pope Benedict XVI to fall on Thursday as he entered St Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Christmas mass, the Vatican spokesman said.
The woman was “apparently unbalanced,” Father Federico Lombardi told AFP.
The 82-year-old pontiff quickly recovered and went on to conduct the mass without assistance, but French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray fell ill in the crush and was given first aid, Lombardi said.
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