El papa Francisco ha pedido disculpas por reprender a una mujer después de que le tirara del brazo con brusquedad cuando estaba saludando a los fieles reunidos en la plaza de San Pedro durante la visita al Belén tras la última misa del año.
“Yo mismo pierdo la paciencia y por eso pido disculpas por el mal ejemplo de ayer”, ha dicho el Santo Padre sobre el gesto de este martes que quedó grabado por las cámaras del Vaticano.
En las imágenes retransmitidas en directo por la cadena de televisión del Vaticano, Vatican News, se apreció como una mujer de rasgos asiáticos tiró con fuerza del brazo a Francisco, de 83 años, que casi perdió el equilibrio mientras estaba saludando uno a uno a los fieles que estaban apostados en las vallas instaladas delante del pesebre instalado en la plaza de San Pedro.
Acto seguido el Pontífice, le dio un golpe en el brazo visiblemente enojado, mientras sus agentes de seguridad se acercaron hasta las inmediaciones de las vallas, pero finalmente no tuvieron que intervenir.
El Pontífice ha pedido disculpas por su reacción durante el Ángelus que ha rezado este miércoles 1 de enero en el que ha instado a “creyentes y no creyentes” a seguir construyendo un mundo en paz con “la paciencia del amor”.
Pope Francis kisses a baby as he pauses in popemobile during a parade along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, on his way to celebrate Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Pope Francis caresses a baby after his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Francis holds up a baby upon his arrival for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool)
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Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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ALTERNATIVE CROP OF AJM103 Pope Francis adjusts a baby's hood as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Francis blesses a baby during his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on June 10, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pope Francis blesses a baby as he arrives for an audience with the participants at the Convention of Rome Diocese at St Peter's square on June 14, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONT...
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Pope Francis blesses a baby as he arrives for an audience with the participants at the Convention of Rome Diocese at St Peter's square on June 14, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONT...
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JUNE 13: Pope Francis kisses a baby during an audience with Scouts in St. Peter's Square on June 13, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pontiff met this morning with thousands of members of the Association of Italian Catholi...
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Pope Francis blesses a baby as he arrives for an audience with the participants at the Convention of Rome Diocese at St Peter's square on June 14, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONT...
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VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JUNE 14: Pope Francis greets a baby as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for a meeting with the Roman Diocesans on June 14, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pontiff invited everyone to pay attention to environmental iss...
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Pope Francis blesses a baby during his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on June 17, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA - SEPTEMBER 22: Pope Francis holds a baby as he leaves the cathedral after holding a mass and blessing the city on September 22, 2015 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Pope Francis leaves for the United States after spending fou...
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PHILADELPHIA, USA - SEPTEMBER 26: Pope Francis blesses a baby from the crowd with a kiss as he arrives at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, USA on September 26, 2015. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Pope Francis kisses a baby at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS via Getty Images)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 27: Pope Francis blesses a baby in the Popemobile during a parade September 27, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pope Francis is in Philadelphia for the last leg of his six-day visit to the U.S. (Photo bt Alex Br...
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In this photo taken on Saturday Sept. 26, 2015 Pope Francis kisses a baby on his way to the Indipendence Mall in Philadelphia. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
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Pope Francis looks to a baby that he just kissed as he pauses in the popemobile during a parade along Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, on his way to celebrate mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Pope Francis holds the head of a baby as he stands in the popemobile during a parade on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 in Philadelphia. The pope will end the final day of his three-city U.S. tour with a Mass on Philadelphi...
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Pope Francis kisses a baby as he pauses in popemobile during a parade along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, on his way to celebrate Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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