Pope Francis Apologizes After Swatting Woman’s Hand | NBC Nightly News

The woman tugged Pope Francis’ arm while he greeted pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. "So many times we lose patience, even me, and I apologize for yesterday's bad example," he said.

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[kingkang]

Pope should not have apologized. It's called "discipline" and "setting boundaries"

[kimcaldwell]

Sorry, but someone’s true nature comes out when under stress.

[LoneWolf-syht]

I don't know why people are idolizing him anyway. It's a shame

[mangronaldotv]

2000+ years ago there is a man who suffered painfully on the cross for us.... Happy 2020.

[h.jimenez]

He almost fell... what is wrong with that woman!?!?

[SakiLuvzRocco]

The pope is an older and frail man.. just bc he’s the pope doesn’t mean he can be yanked and pulled in any direction the public wants.. she could have hurt him. She pulled his arm very roughly. I agree he shouldn’t have swated her hand away like that, however he didn’t know what she was gonna do. You can’t be too careful. His security wasn’t stepping in and that’s their job to swat people away if they get too rough, not his. The woman was wrong

[--destroyer]

Watch the video again and you'll see that the woman hurt him by pulling him away from where he was heading.

She hurt him, he hurt her back... welcome to the human race folks...

...you just witnessed nature.

[amyma]

" Don't touch me with your filthy and lowly hand. I am the highest being of all". He may think like that.

[ml]

Will there be a SNL skit this Saturday about this? :-)

[ESTIsLaced]

He shouldn’t have apologized. She is aggressive, and didn’t want to let go after he pulled himself away. Now he’s the one that looked bad like wow I would ask her to apologize tf

[laleamfakzualchhangte]

Pope loves little boys but not a grown woman!!! hahaaa

[calliecalliej.]

The pope was not wrong to react as he did. He even was nice about it. He tried to pull away first and she would not let go. He doesn't have to be okay with people pulling on him all the time. He's still human. You don't think that wears on him after a while??
How many of you want to be pulled on nearly everyday for SEVERAL YEARS? None of you. Don't lie. He's usually gracious, dealing with affectionate and sometimes aggressive contact for YEARS! But all of a sudden he cannot have a human reaction to being pulled and yanked? You don't own him. Nobody owns anybody and so when you think this kind of thing is okay, you will excuse aggression daily on anyone! But of course, this is a society that's growing accepting of bullying culture, so of course you would think this is okay and that the pope should be fine with it. As if people of faith should never react to being hurt or to possible
And assassination attempts are a real worry for prominent figures, so don't you think he would think about that?? The way that lady was behaving? And even besides that, she was just rude. Also have you ever had your joints pulled on? That junk hurts! I'm sick of people making a big deal about this like he shouldn't react like any other human to a sudden disturbance in the form of her aggression. Then he only slapped her hand. I want to see HOW you react when someone unexpectedly grabs and pulls on you out of nowhere. Stop being a hypocrite. Most people would've pushed her, maybe even punched her. And she definitely would have been cursed at. He did not do any of that. Also, we aspire to live a Christ-like life and that's good and important, but NONE of us will ever be like God or Christ. We are ALL flawed. So stop making a little "god" of the pope or of anyone. There's only One God.
Most people agree the lady was wrong. Her approach was poor. But there are a minor few like some of you who foolishly think he should not have reacted to being yanked on.

[tj]

It was a symbolic gesture of hypocrisy.

[davidellis]

Security Lapse ! She was Touched By the ✋ of God.

[annalucy]

Sorry but for me the woman hurt him. I watched the video several times and his face gesture show some pain additional his balance was in danger. For me he had human and normal reaction.

[tairz]

Dang, she's lucky she didn't get punched in her face. He was ready to fight. She was probably frustrated that he ignored most if not all the adults.

[hjdhbcfjjb]

What's the common denominator in his rude behavior? They were both Asians. Racist Pope?

[GentiluomoStraniero]

Pope Francis is Human. It looks like he was caught by surprise and almost knocked off balance.

[AlyzaFabillar]

When I did something wrong my parents advised me not to do that and apologize to someone I hurt, but not to hurt someone as a reply.

Sorry for my english.

[charliedallachie]

I’d be miserable too if I couldn’t sleep