Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been captured smacking the hand of a woman who had gripped his hand as he was happily greeting pilgrims and children in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday.
Pope
Francis, 83, was captured making his way to the Nativity scene at the centre of
the Vatican City when a woman grabbed his hand and drew the Pope’s hand towards
herself as he tried walking away from the crowd.
He became
upset and slapped the woman’s hand to free himself from the woman’s grip, as he
shouted at the woman furiously.
It is unclear what the woman was saying to the spiritual father but she made a sign of the cross before she gripped his hand.