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General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020

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Pope Francis kisses a nun after slapping incident (VIDEO)

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Pope Francis can be seen in the video above kissing a nun after a New Year's Eve slapping incident.

While observing his first walkabout this year, Pope Francis approached the pilgrims and gave one of the ladies a kiss. This was a nun who stretched out her hand asking the Pope to shake her.

Remembering the hand-slapping incident, Pope Francis responded saying, “I’m afraid! You bite! I’ll give you a kiss but stay calm, don’t bite!”

This is coming after the New Year's Eve incident which saw the Pope slap the hand of a lady who held his hand and pulled him close to her.

During his Angelus address to a crowd at the St Peter’s Square on New Year’s Day, the pontiff said, “I apologise for the bad example yesterday … sometimes even I lose patience,” he said.