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World|life|September 11, 2017 / 02:16 PM
Slightly injured pope ends Colombia tour with unity appeal
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AKIPRESS.COM - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, left Colombia on Sunday after appealing to the country to “untie the knots of violence” after a 50-year civil war, Reuters reported.

His last day in the Andean country got off to a rocky start when he lost his balance and bumped his head while riding in the popemobile. He bruised his cheekbone and cut his left eyebrow, blood staining his white cassock.

The Vatican said he received ice treatment and was fine. A smiling pope continued the trip wearing a bandage over his cut. “I was punched. I‘m fine,” the 80-year-old pontiff joked afterward, the bruises on his face clearly visible.

At the end of the day, when he said Mass for about 500,000 people in the city’s port area, the bruise had swollen and he had a black bag under his eye.

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