The 79-year-old Pontiff stumbled at the altar and had to be helped to his feet as he celebrated a mass at the at the Jasna Gora Monastery in the southern city of Czestochowa today.
He was at the monastery, home to an ancient Catholic icon believed to work miracles, ahead of a trip by tram to meet young pilgrims from the world over. Pictures show him tumbling to the floor next to steps leading to the altar and being helped to his feet by Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Mons. Guido Marini. The Pontiff was uninjured and finished the mass in front of a television audience of millions.
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