"I do not want to say that Pope Benedict XVI did not understand this, but for him this generation is remote and it is probably better if he is succeeded by someone from the younger generation, " he said.
"In the circumstances the male who was struck by the baton was removed to hospital, was able to walk to the ambulance, and has some bruising and some internal bleeding to his abdomen but doesn't, as Iunderstand it, have any serious injuries and that is far preferable to shooting him, " he said.