The Pope held an audience with a troupe of African circus performers in the Vatican on Wednesday.
The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and dancers on roller skates took to the stage at his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall.
CircAfrica, consisting of 60 performers from 32 African nations, have been performing in Rome after touring Austria and Germany.
The head of the Catholic Church sounded congested throughout the audience and skipped about half of his prepared text for the event, but appeared entertained by the exotic performance.
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