Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the
faithful to pray for a mentally disturbed Irishman who disrupted
his weekly general audience by shouting out things in English
that were incomprehensible to those who heard him.
The 45-year-old man was already known to Vatican security for
similar acts in St Peter's Basilica and that of Santa Maria
Maggiore, sources said.
Francis, unruffled by the incident, said "we heard someone
shouting, who had some problems, I don't know whether they are
physical, psychiatric, or spiritual, but a brother of ours who
had some problem.
"I'd like to end (the audience) by praying for him, our brother
who is suffering, the poor man. If he shouted it is because he
is suffering, he needs something, let's not be deaf to the needs
of this brother".
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