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The Pope offers Spiderman his hand

Is Spiderman a Catholic? One can almost assume it, at least as far as the Italian edition of the comic hero is concerned.

Rome – Pope Francis shook hands with a man in Spiderman costume and attracted attention on Wednesday.

The man in the dress of the comic hero attracted many glances at the general audience of the head of the Catholic Church in the Vatican, reported Italian media. The masked man was an Italian who goes to hospitals with musicians from the state police, especially to please children, wrote the Adnkronos news agency.

The weekly general audience of the 84-year-old Francis has been taking place again for some time with an audience in the open air. Despite Corona, the Pope pressed many hands on Wednesday and wrote in books and on other papers of guests. Francis has been vaccinated for a long time. dpa

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