Unsteady Pope delivers blessing after attack

The Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing today, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after he was knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in St Peter’s Basilica.

Unsteady Pope delivers blessing after attack

The Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing today, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after he was knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in St Peter’s Basilica.

The Vatican said 82-year-old Benedict XVI was unhurt in the fall and his busy Christmas schedule would remain unchanged.

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