Far from home? Spiderman drops in at the papal audience
A person dressed as Spiderman sits among faithful listening to Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican, in this still image taken from video June 23, 2021. REUTERS
VATICAN CITY — A different type of participant dropped in on Pope Francis’ general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday – Spiderman.
A man dressed in a full, skin-tight, red, black and blue costume of the comic book character – including head cover – was sitting in a VIP section of the audience in Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard.
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He sat quietly next to a priest dressed in black who appeared to be unperturbed by the colorful character with big white eyes in the next seat.
It was not immediately clear why Spiderman had dropped in.
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