See the video here.
From the Catholic Herald blog:
A psychiatric patient intended to bite Pope Benedict in the neck during
a foiled attack at the Midnight Mass at St Peter’s over Christmas.
Erwin Niederberger, the press officer for the Swiss Guards, told the Swiss online magazine20 Minuten that the hooded figure tackled to the ground by the Pope’s security people (see below) on Christmas eve was a mentally disturbed Italian woman. Neither Benedict XVI nor the rest of the congregation seemed fazed by the incident.
Erwin Niederberger, the press officer for the Swiss Guards, told the Swiss online magazine20 Minuten that the hooded figure tackled to the ground by the Pope’s security people (see below) on Christmas eve was a mentally disturbed Italian woman. Neither Benedict XVI nor the rest of the congregation seemed fazed by the incident.
So that's what happened. I wondered at the time whether it was an attack or an excess of enthusiasm. It was good to see that security was right on top of the situation.
Posted by: Jackson | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 12:47 PM
The attacker probably thinks she's a vampire. She should become Catholic and drink the Blood of Christ instead!
Posted by: Deacon Harold | Monday, January 05, 2009 at 06:56 PM
"The Swiss news agency claims that the woman was motivated by the reports in which the Pope’s Christmas message had been interpreted as a direct attack on homosexuals and transsexuals"
Demonic influence, anyone?
Posted by: Geoffrey | Tuesday, January 06, 2009 at 02:48 AM