'Unruly' young boy upstages Pope Francis ~ AJJ News

Friday 30 November 2018

'Unruly' young boy upstages Pope Francis

November 30, 2018

A young boy upstaged Pope Francis on Wednesday, escaping from his mother and running onto the papal podium at a general audience, tugging on the hand of a Swiss guardsman and playing behind the pontiff's chair. Pope Francis told her to let him carry on playing. As she left the stage, a smiling Francis leaned towards Bishop Georg Ganswein sitting next to him and whispered: "He is Argentinian.