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Pope Benedict XVI took a lickin' and kept on tickin' -- after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed the pontiff at the beginning of Christmas Mass.
After he was knocked to the ground, the Pope got up and kept walking -- and still delivered his annual Christmas Day blessing.
But not everyone walked away unscathed -- an 87-year-old French Cardinal who happened to be standing just a few feet from the incident fell and broke his hip amongst the chaos.
Vatican officials claim the overzealous woman appeared, "mentally unstable."
12/25/2009 11:38 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
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Why couldn't she just do what other unstable idiots do on christmas...blow her brains out.
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So thats a one way ticket to hell, right? heh...jk.... but seriously what is WRONG with people these days? So sad the Pope has to be in the news for something so lame.
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... Hey, how about the security?
Someone around the Vatican should get fired over this...
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That same women tried jumping the barrier last year... crazzy
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It's cool that Benedict XVI is reaching out to a new audience by having an opening act... "Holy Father and the Popettes, coming soon to a basillica near you"
As for Cardinal Frenchie, the Stuntman's Hall of Fame is calling...
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I smell conspiracy theory right here. "Vatican" officials issue that she was mentally unstable. That's a cover-up of DaVinci code proportions!! Quick, someone get Tom Hanks.
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If he'd got shot I can see the Enquirer headlines now;
"Pontiff get's popped".......
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