VIDEO: Pope halts Popemobile to aid injured policewoman

Pontiff leaves motorcade to check on officer who was thrown from her horse

Pope halts parade in Chile
(Image credit: AFP)

Pope Francis halted a procession in Chile to attend to a policewoman who had been thrown from her horse.

The pope was waving to crowds from his “popemobile” after celebrating a mass in the town of Iquique when a horse along the parade route reared, throwing its rider to the ground and forcing the vehicle to swerve.

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