Pope Francis was locked in an elevator and rescued by firefighters

Pope Francis explained that he was late for the traditional Sunday prayer of the Angelus, as he was locked in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters.

"I have to apologize for being late." I was locked in an elevator for 25 minutes due to a power outage, but the firefighters arrived, "said the smiling pontiff, senior. 82 years old.

"An applause to the firefighters"he proposed, to which the crowd at his feet answered between palms and cheers.

Francisco arrived seven minutes late, sparking the anxiety of Italian TVs broadcasting the Angelus live, warning that there was an almost unprecedented incident.

The delay in his presentation has raised concerns about a possible physical indisposition. Francisco seems to have unlimited energy at his age, but in his youth he lost a part of a lung and the grimaces of pain that escape him sometimes remind him that sciatic pain is an almost constant companion for the pontiff.