Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience ... two aides helped him to his chair on the stage and the audience proceeded without incident.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis tripped while ... After Saturday’s slight stumble, two aides helped him to his chair on the stage and the audience proceeded without incident.

After Saturday’s slight stumble, two aides helped him to his chair on the stage and the audience proceeded ... moving around his apartment in the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel.

Lawrence is a cog in the bureaucracy that underpins the smooth running of the Vatican, albeit an important one: as Dean of the College of Cardinals, he will oversee the election of the new Pope.

Pope Francis' aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope's walking stick after it snapped as he was arriving for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... After Saturday’s slight stumble, two aides helped him to his chair on the stage and the audience proceeded without incident. After he recovered someone in the audience ...