Pope Benedict slipped and fell at his vacation house fracturing his right wrist.
VATICAN CITY, July 17, 2009 — Pope Benedict XVI, who turned 82 in April, went to the hospital this morning in Aosta, in northern Italy, after slipping and falling during the night and fracturing his wrist, according to Italian press reports.
The reports said that a cast would be placed on his right wrist, but that otherwise the Pope was fine.
The Pope's Press Secretary, Father Federico Lombardi, said in a press release:
"As a consequence of a fall in his own bedroom, during the night, the Holy Father suffred a light fracture to his right wrist.
"The Holy Father during the morning nevertheless celebrated Mass and had breakfast, after which he was accompanied to the hospital in Aosta where he was doagnosed with a light fracture and it was determined to immobilize his wrist." COURTESY ZENIT
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