Pope Francis got stuck in an elevator for almost half an hour. Therefore, he could only begin the traditional Angelus prayer in Rome with a delay.
"I have to apologize for being late, I was trapped in an elevator for 25 minutes, there was a power failure," said the 82-year-old in front of the faithful in St. Peter's Square. The fire department would have freed him then, the reason for the pinning had been a "voltage drop".
The Pope is usually very punctual. That's why, according to the Vatican media platform "Vatican News", people in St. Peter's Square had already been worried about the clock when Francis did not appear as usual at 12 o'clock at the window of the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.
