From people's pope ... to mean old man

Pope Francis made some headlines yesterday, slapping away an over-eager fan in a Vatican reception line. A visibly annoyed Pope Francis slapped a woman’s hand Tuesday when she pulled his arm and yanked him toward her as the pontiff greeted pilgrims at St. Peter’s Square.   The 83-year-old pope was walking down a line of admirers, clasping their hands and smiling, NBC News reported. Francis was on his way to see the large Nativity scene set up in the cobbled esplanade in the center of Vatican City and turned away from the crowd, Reuters reported. Now, a lot of us are willing to permit the 83-year-old pontiff some allowance on that, given that the fan was over-eager to the point of being rude, grabbing the man's arm, yanking him back, not letting him go. The pope pretty vividly smacked her. The pope's an old man, after all, and he'd just shaken a lot of children's hands earlier, and...(Read Full Post)
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