Pope Francis Pontiff's Skull Cap Blows Away In The Wind

A sudden gust of wind blew Pope Francis’s white skull cap – or zucchetto – from his head yesterday as he left St Peter’s Square in Rome after a ceremony in which he confirmed 44 children from around the world.

A crowd of 70,000 watched the event, part of the Year of Faith celebrations,during which Francis asked for prayers for victims of the Bangladesh factory collapse.

It is not the first time a gust of wind has blown the white skull cap off a pope's head as Pope Benedict XVI suffered the same fate seven years ago.

Pope Benedict lost his cap as he crossed Bells Arch in the Vatican City for the general Audience at St. Peter's Square in May 2006. On that occasion the zucchetto was caught by one of the Pope's aides.