Vatican: Pope Francis ‘is fine’ after hitting face on popemobile

Vatican City, Sep 10, 2017 / 10:40 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis is fine after a mishap on the popemobile in Colombia, when he slipped and hit himself trying to reach a child, prompting a wave of concern on social media.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopeinColombia?src=hash">#PopeinColombia</a> hit himself on the popemobile trying to reach a child. Vatican says he&#39;s fine, is using ice to lower swelling on face <a href="https://t.co/qXnhtGaqtS">pic.twitter.com/qXnhtGaqtS</a></p>&mdash; Elise Harris (@eharris_it) <a href="https://twitter.com/eharris_it/status/906915308119756800">September 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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“The Pope is fine,” Vatican spokesman Greg Burke told members of the press corps traveling with Pope Francis in Colombia. He said Francis hit his cheek and eyebrow on the popemobile when it stopped abruptly as he was reaching for a child, and is using ice to lower the swelling.

In a tweet sent by Colombian radio station “Caracol Radio,” the Pope is seen with a black eye and bandage near his eyebrow, with a few spots of blood on his white cassock. In the video, when the journalist asks the Pope if he's alright, Francis nods and then jests, saying “somebody punched me!”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">???? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/URGENTE?src=hash">#URGENTE</a> &quot;Me di una puñada, estoy bien&quot; dice <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElPapaEnCaracol?src=hash">#ElPapaEnCaracol</a>. <a href="https://t.co/SwKrpzSCb3">https://t.co/SwKrpzSCb3</a> <a href="https://t.co/mcG2JfAZIe">pic.twitter.com/mcG2JfAZIe</a></p>&mdash; Caracol Radio (@CaracolRadio) <a href="https://twitter.com/CaracolRadio/status/906914434874003457">September 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The incident happened in Cartagena on the last day of his Sept. 6-11 visit to Colombia, which also took him to the cities of Bogota, Medellin and Villavicencio.