Pope Attack!

A red-sweat shirted woman vaults security barriers and attacks the Pope during Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

A young woman threw herself at the pope (maybe a rephrase in order?) as he walked down the main aisle before the start of Thursday evening's mass. The 82-year-old pontiff fell, headfirst, to the floor but quickly got up (the Pope ain't no punk), and the Vatican said he wasn't hurt.

The Vatican identified the woman as an unarmed 25-year-old Swiss-Italian with psychiatric problems (loony), and said she had been taken to a clinic for treatment. The same woman had tried to reach the pope during Midnight Mass last year (double loony), a Vatican official added.