PICS: ‘Undisciplined’ Disable Kid Climbs On Stage To Play With Swiss Guards At Vatican, Here Is How Pope Francis Reacted!

NEW DELHI: A 6-year-old Wenzel Wirth ran around Pope Francis as monsignors read out his catechism lesson in various languages in the Vatican audience hall on Wednesday./ AP IMAGE

When Francis took the microphone, he explained in Spanish to the crowd that the child was speech-impaired. "But he knows how to communicate, to express himself," he said./ AP IMAGE

When the mother came on stage to fetch him, Pope told her "Let him be, let him be" and the mother retreated and let Wenzel continue to play./ AP IMAGE

Pope Francis praised the freedom, albeit undisciplined, of a hearing impaired child who climbed onto the stage during his general audience to play. / AP IMAGE

The Swiss Guards and Vatican gendarmes stood by when this happened./ AP IMAGE