Pope Francis falls as he says Mass in Poland

Pope Francis missed a step and fell to the ground as he walked on an open-air platform to celebrate Mass at Poland’s holiest shrine of Jasna Gora yesterday.

The 79-year-old Francis, walking in his long robe with an incense holder in his hand, did not notice a step down from the platform and fell to the ground before the altar.

He braced his fall with his left hand and priests around him rushed to help, with Monsignor Guido Marini, an aide, helping him back to his feet.