Pope meets tiger cub in Vatican City
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Pope Francis has a close encounter with a robust six-month-old tiger while celebrating the Jubilee for Circus and Travelling Show People.
VATICAN CITY (REUTERS) - If you're the Pope, you get to meet all kinds of people... and animals.
In this case, a six-month-old tiger cub.
Pope Francis reacts after caressing a tiger during a Jubilee audience for the circus performers and street artists in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, on Thursday (June 16).
