Posted on 12/24/2009 2:10:54 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Woman Knocks Down Pope At Christmas Mass
Alex Watts, Sky News Online A woman has been arrested after jumping over barriers and knocking down the Pope at Christmas Eve Mass.
Pope Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI was attacked as he walked down the main aisle to begin the service at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Vatican spokesman Ciro Benedettini said the 82-year-old quickly got to his feet and was unhurt.
Benedict calmly resumed his walk to the Basilica's main altar and then began the Mass.
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I hadn't realized he was injured to that extent. I'm very sorry to hear that.
I suspect they’d attack Christ with much more rapidity than they did the Pope, and probably with more furor too.
Your comments are accurate IMO.
Merry Christmas to you. Have a great day. Drop in and say hi later this afternoon.
I hope you’ve found that fabulous gelato place around the corner from the Trevi fountain. If not, the name escapes me, but if you walk uphill and take the first (I think) left, it’s almost to the end of the block on the right.
I always thought the "love your enemies" command from Christ is as much evidence of His divinity, as His resurrection from the dead. It's clearly beyond unaided human power. It's not where we're at, but it's what we're called to.
Dude, she is gonna be in purgatory for like evah!
Today the Vatican Press office released this statement about the Pope's fall before Mass on Christmas Eve:
"Yesterday evening during the entrance procession of the celebration of Mass, an unbalanced person, Susanna Maiolo, 25, who has Italian and Swiss citizenship, went over the barrier and despite the intervention of security people was able to reach the Holy Father and grab his pallium, causing him to lose his balance, slip and fall. The Pope was able to quickly get up and resume walking, and the entire celebration was carried out without any other problem.Unfortunately, in the confusion that was created Cardinal Etchegaray fell and fractured his hip. He was taken to the Gemelli Polyclinic, and his condition is good, but he will have to undergo an operation in coming days.
Maiolo, who was not armed but who manifested signs of psychic imbalance, was taken to a health care facility for obligatory treatment.
As for the Holy Father, today’s program is confirmed without any modifications."
Here is a link to a brief video of exactly what happened when the Pope fell. It has been posted with an interesting commentary by Catholic News Service and shows the Swiss woman jumping over the barricade, and the Pope falling in the general confusion as the woman ran toward him (go to the link below and click on the video, which will load after a moment):
http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/pope-fine-after-christmas-eve-knock-down/
Here is a link, via an American paper, to a comprehensive Associated Press story by Nicole Winfield on the attack last night and its possible implications for the Pope's physical security:
How was your Christmas? I had a nice quiet day, a nice dinner, and am entertaining myself now listening to a radio broadcast from yesterday where Gerald Celente was giving his predictions for 2010.
I hope you had a wonderful and blessed day- stay safe, and, depending on where you live, warm!
And a much better person than you.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
Theres strong and "crazy strong" ,I.E. when the mentally ill and delusional get a head of steam up they can be unnaturally strong. If she was in a delusional rage she could've been quite a handful.
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:)Nice,Get off the cloud and stick close to the books.Not a negative I think you know what I mean.Stay undercover here.We will pray for you Soul.I know a few people.No Names.(((((((Hugs))))))))
Obviously so, if you are able to comment on posts you didn’t even see.
I’ll comment on anything I please. And you know nothing about me. NOTHING.
You could call me the Queen of England, that doesn’t make the the Queen. If you see where I’m going.
I couldn’t care less what you think of me. From your posts on other threads, my opinion of you could not be lower. But since I’m sure you don’t care either (and really, why should you?) it’s a complete waste of time to post to each other.
So here’s a minute or so that I’ll never get back.
So will I.
And you know nothing about me.
Nor you about me.
I couldn’t care less what you think of me.
Then why bother saying so?
From your posts on other threads, my opinion of you could not be lower.
My day is ruined.
it’s a complete waste of time to post to each other.
Kind of like talk radio threads.
Still.. you made derogatory remarks about a post you never saw.
That's cheating. Naughty naughty!
Slam me all you like but do so on the basis of my words.
Not on the basis of what you imagine them to be.
You can't dictate anything to me so why post such empty words?
See, supreme waste of time. I'm done and you can go to hell.
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