Pope Francis has proven himself as?a wonderful leader and warm and compassionate, none of us has ever seen him lose his cool in public.?
But it was one those rare occasions that triggered the calmest, most austere person on Earth.
A disgruntled Pope Francis was forced to slap a woman¡¯s hand away after she grabbed him and pulled him towards her as he greeted the public in St. Peter¡¯s Square.?
In the footage, Francis walks down a line of admirers separated by fencing, clasping their hands, waving and smiling with the basilica and when the woman suddenly drags him toward her.?The abrupt gesture appeared to cause him pain and?Francis swiftly slapped at her hand.?
?Before the incident, the woman had made a sign of the cross. She addressed the 83-year-old pope as she took his hand but it's unclear what she was trying to tell him.? ??
Soon after the video went viral, Pope Francis apologized for his actions saying?"We lose patience many times."
"It happens to me too. I apologise for the bad example given yesterday," the head of the Catholic church said before celebrating Mass at the Vatican.
But this isn't the first time eager followers have tugged at the Pope, back in 2016? Pope Francis reproached an excited parishioner for pulling him while he was saying goodbye at an event held in Mexico.?
Soon after he was helped by his bodyguards and staff of the Presidential office and managed to recover his balance, he reprimanded the man sand said, 'Don't be selfish.'