Pope Francis got stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes on Sunday on his way to dress crowd at St.Peter's Square, Vatican City. He was later rescued by firefighters. He apologised to crowd for being late."Dear brors and sisters, good morning. First of all, I have to apologize for being late but I h an unexpected event, I have been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes.” he said.

Pope Francis rescued, thanks Firemen

Pope thanked firemen and said that a drop in tension caused lift to get stuck.“Thank goodness, firemen arrived, and I thank m so much, and after 25 minutes of work y mand to get it started again,” he said. Later, he asked crowd to applaud for firemen.  Vatican didn’t say if Pope was alone in elevator or accompanied by any of his aids.

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Francis also issued an appeal in his mess on Sunday: start of several weeks of prayer by Christians to raise political awareness about pollution and exploitation of natural resources. He asked people to reflect on 'thoughtful and harmful' decisions daily and 'self-centered' attitude towards creation. He h also said at U.N Climate Action Summit that “governments will have responsibility of showing political will to take drastic measures” to achieve as quickly as possible zero net greenhouse gas emissions and to limit aver aver increase in global temperature in line with Paris climate accords.

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Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals

Pope Francis also gave Catholic Church 13 new cardinals on Sunday, including two who helped migrants. Francis me surprise anuncement from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. “ir provenance expresses missionary vocation of Church to continue to anunce merciful love of God to all men on Earth,” he said before reing aloud a list of ir names. One of m is Bologna Archbishop Matteo Zuppi, who has guided  Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere and whose doors have been open for homeless on cold winter nights. Ar cardinal is, Rev. Michael Czerny who is an official who was named in 2016 by Francis to help le a Vatican office concerned with refugees and migrants.

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(With inputs from AP)