Well done...

To the Vatican Security Service for their alert response today when a man jumped over a police barricade and attempted to climb onto the back of Pope Benedict's open air jeep. Happily the man does not appear to have been armed. However as one might imagine security has been an issue since Benedict's predecessor was nearly killed in the same square back in 1981, also while riding in an open vehicle. The individual was overpowered by alert security agents and quickly removed from the scene. The video of the incident suggests that +Benedict was not even aware of the disturbance behind his car. Vatican officials have been tight lipped about the whole thing but it appears the individual was questioned by police and subsequently sent to a psychiatric hospital for observation.

See the video clip here