{"id":148271,"date":"2021-12-25T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T18:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=148271"},"modified":"2021-12-25T18:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T18:27:54","slug":"ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ooops!&#8217; ITV newsreader accidentally announces Pope&#8217;s death on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Pope Francis falls on plane steps after Greece visit<\/h3>\n<p>We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you&#8217;ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n<p>The ITV News presenter left viewers in shock after mistakenly saying Pope Francis had died on Christmas Day. The newsreader was discussing the Holy Father&#8217;s annual Urby et Orbin homily when she seemingly fell victim to a Freudian slip and announced the Pope had died. Viewers were left in shock despite the news host quickly apologising for the mishap.<\/p>\n<p>The ITV Evening News presenter said: &#8220;He said vaccines should be made available to those most in need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His death was announced&#8230;excuse me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The blunder sparked a frenzy on social media, with social media consultant Matt Navarra commenting: &#8220;ITV News just announced the death of the pope on Christmas Day. Classic. *the pope is not dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>@samalam shared footage of the mishap on Twitter with the comment: &#8220;did they just accident announce the pope was dead on ITV?! #itvnews #thepope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST IN: Macron to face &#8216;quite dangerous&#8217; challenge if Marine Le Pen excluded from French election<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/theme\/Mobile\/img\/page\/placeholder-horizontal.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/itv-news-pope-francis-pope-dead-1541186.jpg?r=1640455926417\"><\/p>\n<p>@Jackson_dam said: &#8220;How could that have happened??&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While @GFFurness simply commented with an &#8220;oops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And @jadeawx said: &#8220;Oop the pope is dead according to ITV news, pass it on #itvnews #pope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TV critic Scott Bryan shared the footage on social media and later clarified: &#8220;Just to confirm, The Pope is not dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1541186\/ITV-News-Pope-Francis-dead-newsreader-blunder-video-vn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis falls on plane steps after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Ooops!&#039; ITV newsreader accidentally announces Pope&#039;s death on Christmas Day - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Ooops!&#039; ITV newsreader accidentally announces Pope&#039;s death on Christmas Day - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Francis falls on plane steps after\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-25T18:27:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ooops-ITV-newsreader-accidentally-announces-Popes-death-on-Christmas-Day.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ooops-itv-newsreader-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day\/\",\"name\":\"'Ooops!' 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