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In an accidental fall, during a vacation in the Italian Alps, Pope Benedict XVI, the Roman Catholic supreme pontiff figured in a fall. He broke his right wrist and is being treated for it.

According to Rev. Federico Lombardi, the 82 year-old German church leader who appears in good health is in no serious danger. However, he has to be treated at the Umberto Parini Hospital in Aosta, Italy for a bone injury that was visualized in an x-ray. (Photo Credit: Jari Kurittu) =0=

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