Published Date: January 11, 2010
Pope Benedict has paid a surprise hospital visit to French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray who was injured when a mentally unstable woman lunged at the pontiff on Christmas Eve in St Peter’s Basilica.
Cardinal Etchegaray, 87, broke his leg on December 24 when 25-year-old Susanna Maiolo jumped over a barricade in the church and knocked the Pope over, TV New Zealand reports.
The Pope was not hurt but Cardinal Etchegaray fell too, broke his femur and underwent surgery in late December.
The Vatican said the Pope spent about a half hour with Etchegaray, a former top Vatican official, at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
Maiolo, a Swiss-Italian, shocked the Catholic world and Vatican security when she jumped over a barricade as the Pope was walking in procession up the main aisle to start the mass.
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Pope visits injured cardinal (TV New Zealand)
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