In Case You Missed It: As The Pope Spoke In Prague, Along Came A Spider

Don't click "play" if you don't like spiders.

The Associated Press says "journalists following the speech on a large screen flinched" on Saturday as Pope Benedict XVI addressed politicians and diplomats in Prague -- and a spider crawled up and over his shoulders and toward his face.

Here's some AP video of the creepy, crawly encounter. The wire service's story about the incident says the pope gave the spider a swat when it got near his ear. This video doesn't show that moment:

You might recall that back in June, President Barack Obama famously swatted a fly during an interview with CNBC.