pope francis was mobbed by a group of starstruck nuns during his visit to naples cathedral, prompting a cardinal to exclaim: ‘they are going to eat him!’ the cloistered nuns, who usually observe the rules of ‘papal enclosure and rarely leave their nunneries, were let out of their convents for the special occasion but to the pontiff’s bewilderment, the overly excited women swarmed him during his pastoral visit and needed to be reined in by the archbishop of naples scroll down for video  starstruck: pope francis can barely contain his bewilderment as he is swarmed by a group of nuns in naples  celebrity: the cloistered received special permission to be let out of their convents for the special occasion  cardinal crescenzio sepe urged the ‘sisters’   who stood to applaud the pontiff as he made his entrance and then inundated him with gifts   to restrain themselves through a microphone, the telegraph reported he said: ‘sisters… later… well would you look at that' and to the amusement of those in the building, he joked: ‘and these are the cloistered ones just imagine the non cloistered ones’ he then added: ‘they are going to eat him! sisters, sisters!’ during his one day visit to naples yesterday, the argentine pontiff visited the cathedral to visit priests and religious leaders as he toured some of the city’s poorest areas, where the mafia reign, hundred of thousands gathered for a glimpse swarmed: the nuns needed to be reined in by the archbishop of naples pictured: pope francis is greeted by thecloistered nuns at the duomo  service: the pontiff with naples' archbishop cardinal crescenzio sepe (on his left) as he blesses a relic believed to be the blood of san gennaro at naples' cathedral today during his one day visit  ritual: pope francis kisses the ampulla containing the blood of san gennaro at the duomo  but only a few managed to get as much quality time with pope francis as the nuns, from seven different closed convents, who had acquired special permission to attend the service in 2013, the pope’s presence in the brazilian town of aparecida had a similar effect on a group of around 40 nuns at the time, vatican spokesman, the reverend federico lombardi, said one nun rushed toward the pope, embraced him and asked to take a photo together – leading others to follow suit he added it was ‘one of the most remarkable things’ he had seen during francis' first inaugral international trip mass: pope francis greets the crowds as he arrives to lead a service on piazza del plebiscito square in naples yesterday  opposition: pope francis told the crowd that nothing can justify the death penalty and there is no 'right' way to humanely kill another person  the pope also had lunch with at least 10 gay, transgender and hiv suffering inmates at a prison in naples he shared a meal with about 120 male and female inmates in a city jail, among them several transsexuals and aids sufferers chosen to represent those sectors of the prison population, a church official confirmed the stop off at the giuseppe salvia detention centre in poggioreale was not originally on his schedule but the pope reportedly insisted on the meal which was prepared by the prisoners themselves the prison visit formed part of a very busy day for pope francis in the city 150 miles south of rome he began praying at a sanctuary in pompeii, before holding a string of events which include an outdoor mass and meetings with young people and the sick before heading back to the vatican this evening breaking bread: pope francis (pictured) has had lunch with at least 10 gay, transgender and hiv suffering inmates at a prison in naples during his visit to the city  hectic: the prison visit formed part of a very busy day in naples for the pontiff who began the day praying at a sanctuary in pompeii 
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the overexcited cloistered nuns overwhelmed a bewildered pope francis  they had special permission to leave closed convents for special occasion  during pontiff's visit to naples cathedral, they needed to be reined in  archbishop of naples joked: 'these are the cloistered ones just imagine the non cloistered ones'