Pope slapping the randy birds away !

Professor Genius

Jaysus is it animal magnetism? He’ll need a stick to beat them off next !

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/pope-apologises-for-slapping-arm-of-pilgrim-who-grabbed-him-1.4128239?mode=amp

She was trying to give him a wee tug ! Naughty lass !

Pac1Man

Shumtimes they need a shlap.

iamwhoiam

Professor Genius wrote: »

Jaysus is it animal magnetism? He’ll need a stick to beat them off next !

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/pope-apologises-for-slapping-arm-of-pilgrim-who-grabbed-him-1.4128239?mode=amp

She was trying to give him a wee tug ! Naughty lass !

I would have slapped her too , she could have dislocated his shoulder or torn a ligament .He is 82 years old

Sam Quentin

FFS in all fairness that was more like an assault.. she deserved what she got,.he nearly fell or done his back in.

Pac1Man

Berties_Horse wrote: »

She lured him into her web of sin. But don't go in.

Too late...

Galwayguy35

He apologised for the slap on the hand, he's an old man and I read somewhere he has arthritis so he probably felt it when she pulled his arm.

The Nal

iamwhoiam

She owes him an apology , she yanked his arm and pulled him .

Guy:Incognito

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

He apologised for the slap on the hand, he's an old man and I read somewhere he has arthritis so he probably felt it when she pulled his arm.

Surely if you cay pray away the gay, god should have no issue clearing up a bit of arthritis.

Its odd that people so devoted suffer from the same illnesses as us lowly peasants.

Nodster

Wondering if it was El Papa's new aftershave 'Breadcrumbs'?

....the birds go wild for it

_Kaiser_

Watched the video and knew straight off which one was going to be the problem. She's lucky the security guy didn't get to her first but also he should probably have been closer anyway.

Beanntraigheach

To be fair, he visibly winced in pain when she suddenly grabbed him.
Arthritis can be agonising.

Zillah

It's a little frustrating to see him apologise. I'm the first in line for a bit of Pope bashing, but she basically assaulted him, a little slap on her hand to make her let go is the least she deserved. Try grabbing the head of state for any major country like that and you'll have a team of goons tackling you.

Galwayguy35

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely if you cay pray away the gay, god should have no issue clearing up a bit of arthritis.

Its odd that people so devoted suffer from the same illnesses as us lowly peasants.

No idea why you quoted me or even what that post means, he is human just like the 7 billion of the rest of us so yes he would feel pain from arthritis.

Marhay70

What happened to "turn the other cheek".It's only a couple of days since he was spouting on about all the violence in the world and now he can't control himself.
Sickening to see all the sycophants rushing to his defence.

Guy:Incognito

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

he is human just like the 7 billion of the rest of us so yes he would feel pain from arthritis.

So the praying fixes nothing?

Galwayguy35

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

So the praying fixes nothing?

No idea.

Take a trip over to christianity if you want to know instead of asking a random poster on AH.

Man Vs ManUre

We’ve all seen the footage and it’s not really that bad. But in a lot of jobs if you slap out at another person you would not be kept. Should the pope be sacked??

Better Than Christ

Marhay70 wrote: »

What happened to "turn the other cheek".It's only a couple of days since he was spouting on about all the violence in the world and now he can't control himself.
Sickening to see all the sycophants rushing to his defence.

It wasn't violence. He very gently slapped her hand because he grabbed him and wouldn't let go. He has a right to bodily autonomy, even if he seeks to deny that right to others.

Marhay70

Better Than Christ wrote: »

It wasn't violence. He very gently slapped her hand because he grabbed him and wouldn't let go. He has a right to bodily autonomy, even if he seeks to deny that right to others.

BS, making excuses for him, she should sue him for assault. He, above anybody should be expected to restrain himself and you could see in his face afterwards that he was fuming.
If he was a professional football player he'd be sent off the field and banned for even feinting to strike somebody. Bloody hypocrite.

Spanish Eyes

Security was abysmal. The woman was obsessed.

Il Papa was right.

He was assaulted by a hyper woman. Guessing Korean but no matter.

Montage of Feck

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely if you cay pray away the gay, god should have no issue clearing up a bit of arthritis.

Its odd that people so devoted suffer from the same illnesses as us lowly peasants.

Suffering is sharing in the passion of the christ.

Ficheall

Marhay70 wrote: »

BS, making excuses for him, she should sue him for assault. He, above anybody should be expected to restrain himself and you could see in his face afterwards that he was fuming.
If he was a professional football player he'd be sent off the field and banned for even feinting to strike somebody. Bloody hypocrite.

Not sure if poor satire or just something worse...

mountai

Get a life .

iano.p

Wouldn't be a big fan of the pope or the church in general. But he done nothing wrong look at his face when she tugged him. He is an old man that could have done damage to him. More serious where his protection.

Spanish Eyes

Imagine if Il Papa was accosted like that and was another Head of State?

Security were useless. I don’t blame him, but he took the blame.

Marhay70

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Security was abysmal. The woman was obsessed.

Il Papa was right.

He was assaulted by a hyper woman. Guessing Korean but no matter.

He was putting his hand out for people to take it and she did, she just held it a bit more enthusiastically. Hardly a capital offence.
What about all the usual c**p he spouts about tolerance, didn't show much of it there.

IvySlayer

He's 83 and looked like it was very painful for him.

His reaction is understandable.

RobertKK

Marhay70 wrote: »

He was putting his hand out for people to take it and she did, she just held it a bit more enthusiastically. Hardly a capital offence.
What about all the usual c**p he spouts about tolerance, didn't show much of it there.

You need glasses, he had his back to her.

Spanish Eyes

Marhay70 wrote: »

He was putting his hand out for people to take it and she did, she just held it a bit more enthusiastically. Hardly a capital offence.
What about all the usual c**p he spouts about tolerance, didn't show much of it there.

Have you seen the clip? He had moved away but The woman grabbed him and would not let go.

Better Than Christ

Marhay70 wrote: »

If he was a professional football player he'd be sent off the field and banned for even feinting to strike somebody. Bloody hypocrite.

If he was a professional football player, he'd be sent off the field for wearing those shoes. And she would have been sent off for grabbing him in the first instance.

Marhay70

Better Than Christ wrote: »

If he was a professional football player, he'd be sent off the field for wearing those shoes. And she would have been sent off for grabbing him in the first instance.

Retaliation is the bigger crime, isn't that what the Bible says? Good Christians should take the blow and allow for another.

iamwhoiam

Marhay70 wrote: »

He was putting his hand out for people to take it and she did, she just held it a bit more enthusiastically. Hardly a capital offence.
What about all the usual c**p he spouts about tolerance, didn't show much of it there.

He had his back to her and walking away , she yanked his arm painfully and he winched .He was damn right to slap her hand off him .

Muahahaha

Must be a bummer to be Gods representative on earth and then as a way of thanks God gives you arthritis. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

If you have a bad shoulder arthritis a sudden tug can be immensely painful and cause one to react like that without the mind giving thought to it. I remember my mother used to freak out if you pulled on her arm unexpectedly.

Marhay70

iamwhoiam wrote: »

He had his back to her and walking away , she yanked his arm painfully and he winched .

He left his hand out. Take a look at the actions of the woman as he approached her, she is obviously overcome with emotion at the prospect of touching him.
Him being taken by surprise in no excuse for his reaction which goes against a basic tenet of Christianity, that you should not strike back, no matter what the provocation.

4068ac1elhodqr

The wan looked like one of the N'Korea ladies you don't ever want bumping into you in busy public spaces.

By all accounts he did the proper thing, the fault lies with his security team and the shakey-grab-hand woman.

Seamai

Muahahaha wrote: »

Must be a bummer to be Gods representative on earth and then as a way of thanks God gives you arthritis. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

He's only human, I'd get pretty p*ssed off if people were trying to paw me for a lucky touch every time I stepped outside the door.

SeaFields

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Watched the video and knew straight off which one was going to be the problem. She's lucky the security guy didn't get to her first but also he should probably have been closer anyway.

Saw it earlier. There was something up with her alright. Everyone else is smiling, she's stern faced. Even blessing herself looks staged. She looks at the camera when doing it - it's like to blend in. She continues to shout after he gets away from her. Haven't seen any of the media reports translate what she shouts but it'd be interesting.

Spanish Eyes

Koreans and Catholicism. Where did that come from?

Met SO many (with their rice cookers lol) on the Camino. Nice folk but a tad obsessed with Il Papa.

antix80

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

We’ve all seen the footage and it’s not really that bad. But in a lot of jobs if you slap out at another person you would not be kept. Should the pope be sacked??

There's threads in AH.. Off you go.

pablo128

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

We’ve all seen the footage and it’s not really that bad. But in a lot of jobs if you slap out at another person you would not be kept. Should the pope be sacked??

The woman who physically attacked an elderly octogenarian should be arrested for assault.

Hercule Poirot

Love the people saying he was wrong to retaliate - if she'd punched him was he supposed to stand there and take it? Pure poppycock.

He has nothing to apologise for, perfectly natural reaction to being grabbed unexpectedly

Stheno

Moved from work and jobs

Telly

No.

_Brian

She was out of order.
Bad luck he’d obviously turned away to greet people on the other side of the aisle.
She grabbed him, pulled him back and insisted on holding onto him when she shouldn’t. She was lucky he slapped her hand off, can clearly see a bodyguard in the background was just about to step in and I doubt he would have been as kind to her.

Marhay70

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Love the people saying he was wrong to retaliate - if she'd punched him was he supposed to stand there and take it? Pure poppycock.

Exactly

_Brian

Pope can’t be sacked.
He’s infallible so he obviously did no wrong.

But seriously, she was bang out of order and a slap on the hand was light compared to what would have happened if the bodyguard behind had stepped in.

Rose of Lima

Marhay70 wrote: »

Retaliation is the bigger crime, isn't that what the Bible says? Good Christians should take the blow and allow for another.

The Pope was walking away when she grabbed him, he wasn't expecting it. He looked as though it surprised him and hurt him. He batted her hand to release his hand. Calling that retaliation is absurd.

Your very obvious gripe with the Pope is skewing any hope of you looking at this situation in a reasonable way.

4068ac1elhodqr

She likely didn't need his services other that a quick howya, cherry-bye wave, nod or smile.

Unlike this other lad, that he wanted to spend a bit longer with when strolling by, and manage to (possibly) bang out an quick aul 'exorcizāre' for free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHJp-BKAuY

Marhay70

Deleted User wrote: »

If you have a bad shoulder arthritis a sudden tug can be immensely painful and cause one to react like that without the mind giving thought to it. I remember my mother used to freak out if you pulled on her arm unexpectedly.

Did Jesus call down murder and mayhem on those who were crucifying him? No, his plea was that they be forgiven. Francis is supposed to be the nearest thing you can get to Jesus on this earth, he ceased to be a "normal person" when he took on the mantle of Pope.