Pope Francis began the new year with an apology. In impromptu remarks in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, he said he lost patience a day earlier when he was caught on video angrily hitting the hand of a well-wisher who had grabbed him from behind a barrier and violently yanked him toward her. Francis exclaimed something and slapped her hand so she would let go. “So many times we lose patience,” he said on Wednesday. “Me, too.” He added: “I say, ‘excuse me’ for the bad example.”
This evening after visiting the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis loses his cool after being grabbed by a pilgrim who wouldn't let go of his hand. The Pope repeated slapped her hand and told her to let go of him. pic.twitter.com/6Qrgh8aZKz
