The attack on the Pope's Christmas Eve

 During the Christmas Mass at the Vatican, an unpleasant intsindent: mentally unbalanced woman ran up to Pope Benedict XVI and knocked him down. Despite this assault, the Pope held a Mass to the end, though, and looked sad and tired. Who was walking next to him, 87-year old French Cardinal Roger Etchegereyu lucky: parishioner slapped his face, and the Cardinal had to be hospitalized.

 1) The Pope appealed to "the city and the world," St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo / L'Osservatore Romano, HO)

 2) Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the Paul VI Hall December 23, 2009 at the Vatican. (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

 3) In St. Peter's, he helped lead a massive Christmas service. (REUTERS / Max Rossi)

 4) Pope Benedict XVI during the blessing 'urbi et orbi' (the city and the world) on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

 5) On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services held tranlyatsiyu television to 73 countries. (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

 6) Despite the incident, the pope has successfully managed to hold Mass, although during it he looked sad and tired. (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

7) It is here that one of the believing women jumped out and knocked down barriers to the pontiff, when he walked in the main aisle at the beginning of a ceremony on the occasion of Christmas Eve Rodzhestvenskogo December 24, 2009. (AP Photo / Gregorio Borgia)

 8) This is a miracle that the 82-year-old pontiff rose quickly and was not injured. (REUTERS / Max Rossi)

 9) In his speech, Pope Benedict called on all countries to renounce violence and revenge. (Franco Origlia / Getty Images)

 10) In the course of service to the Pope approached the children. (REUTERS / Max Rossi)

 11) The very day after leduyuschy surprise attack, as it turned out vpoledstvii, Susanna Maiolo (25 years) Pope successfully addressed the Catholic world from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. (REUTERS / Max Rossi)

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 12) The assailants jumped over the fence a woman, then poured the Pope on the floor. (AP Photo / Gregorio Borgia)

 13) What is surprising in this story is that Cardinal Roger Etchegaray nahodivshiyya France at the Vatican near Pope Benedict during intsindenta also fell, but unlike the Pope suffered a broken hip. (REUTERS / Alessandro Bianchi)

 14) 87-year-old cardinal was taken to the Roman hospital "Gemelli". (L'Osservatore Romano - Vatican Pool via Getty Images)

 15) Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Agostino Kachchavillan (left) and Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (right) on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. (REUTERS / Alessandro Bianchi)

16) proizosheshego culprit, Susan Maiolo, the police arrested the Vatican. It was transferred to the Italian police. Note that this is the second attempt to girls priblizitya pontiff, during Mass, in 2008 she tried to get to the Pope, but could not get over the fence. (REUTERS / Italian Police / Handout)

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