Pope Francis has apologised for
arriving late for his weekly prayer in St Peter's Square, saying was
stuck in a lift in the Vatican.
The 82-year-old pontiff said he
had been trapped in the lift for 25 minutes because of a power outage
before he was freed by firefighters."I have to apologise for being late," a smiling Pope said at the start of the Angelus address.
He then asked the crowd for a round of applause for the firefighters.
Addressing the crowd, the Pope said there had been a "drop in voltage and the elevator stopped".
"Thank goodness, the firefighters arrived, and I thank them so much, and after 25 minutes of work they managed to get it started again," he said.
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