Pope tells security not to worry about unscheduled visit

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Pope Francis brushed aside security considerations to make an unscheduled visit to the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

After the Pope had been to the dentist on Wednesday, he said he had the idea to visit the commission.

A security officer told Pope the visit would be “very complicated”.

Francis replied by calmly saying, “I am the Pope; don’t worry, we are in God’s hands”.

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