Pope Francis falls in Poland, escapes injury

29 Jul, 2016

Pope Francis fell Thursday after apparently stumbling down a step on an altar during a visit to Poland but quickly got back to his feet, seemingly without injury. Polish media broadcast images of the 79-year-old Argentine pontiff stumbling, then falling down out of view before being helped to his feet by altar servers. Francis appeared to be fine as he delivered a homily and said mass for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims.

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