Pope Francis has apologized for swatting away the hand of a woman who tugged his arm as the head of the Roman Catholic Church greeted pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on New Year's Eve.
The woman made the sign of the cross just before the incident. It's not clear what she said to the pope as she grabbed him.
Earlier the same day, Francis had attended the private funeral of a friend, showing up without notice at the Roman parish of San Giuseppe al Nomentano to pay his respects to María Grazia Mara, the Vatican said, confirmingMara, a professor emerita at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome, died Monday at 95.
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