Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down at Christmas Mass today. According, to the Associated Press, a woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to start Christmas Eve Mass.

After Pope Benedict was knocked down, he quickly stood back up and appeared to be unhurt. He is 82 years old.

RAI State TV aired footage of a women dressed in a red sweatshirt jumping over the barriers and rushing toward the pope before being bodyguards restrained her. The woman appeared to be mentally unstable and was immediately taken away by the Vatican Police.

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Last year, a similar incident happened where a woman jumped the barriers. In last years incident,however, the woman didn’t make it all the way to the Pope.

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World AIDS Day is this Tuesday, 12/1. The Catholic Church, under Pope Benedict XVI, is calling for prayers and concrete action to comfort all those who are suffering from AIDS. Pope Benedict issued the appeal during his weekly Sunday blessing. Pope Benedict XVI also said that he hoped that with coordinated efforts, the HIV virus can be successfully cured.

Pope Benedict has been criticized by many governments and organizations when he spoke against the distribution of condoms in Africa in March. He said people should practice abstinence until they are married. The Pope when on to say that distributing condoms was not the answer to Africa’s AIDS problem and could make it worse.

Other religious groups around the globe are standing together in prayer to pray for all of those who suffer from AIDS.

Here are the stats on AIDS from the end of 2008:

- More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.

- Africa has over 14 million AIDS orphans.

- At the end of 2008, women accounted for 50% of all adults living with HIV worldwide

- In developing and transitional countries, 9.5 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 4 million (42%) are receiving the drugs.

We should pray for all of those who suffer from the disease and the impact of those around them with the AIDS disease.

Please Pray for AIDS Victims.