Pope Francis slaps the hand of a woman who tried to shake hands of him as normally did by most of the Catholic believers.
The issue of Pope Francis slapping the hands of a woman became the most talk issue in social media with mix reactions from the netizens.
The said video of Pope Francis slapping a woman went viral online and spread in the online world like wildfire and considered the hottest issue early in the year 2020.
The security guard of the Pontiff was blamed and criticized for slapping incident for reason of out of crowd control as their primary duty and responsibility.
In the actual video, Pope Francis was seen shaking hands with devotees until he reaches the hand of a woman who pulled him close to her.
The incident triggered the situation that the Pontiff lose his self-control and slapped the hand of a woman so that he can get loose of her. But in the video, the Pope was visibly seen upset with his facial expression due to the incident.
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Founder of Italy’s Elite Special Police Interventions Unit suggest that the security team of the Pontiff should do the apology to the public of the incident for their negligence of duty.
Comment from the official said, the woman seems no intention to let the Pope go off his hand that makes the Pontiff forced to slap a little bit in order to get out of her hand.
One netizen expressed comment on social media saying, “The guy has a literal army to protect him and has to do his own slapping?“.
Pope Francis is very well known for his low-key style which manner of the Pope makes him close to the people. It is undeniable that every Pope in Catholic Church has his own personality and Pope Francis simplicity makes him more popular to devotees.
Pope Francis security issue is quite moderate compare to other Popes, the said incident prompting the security details stricter for the next event.
After the incident, Pope Francis took his stand to apologize for setting a bad example. During his apology he also speaks word to condemn violence against women.
