Controversial video: the sudden gestures of Pope Francis to avoid being kissed by his ring

"He always hated that kind of attitude, he never allowed it, his name was Father Jorge so no one would say monsignor or cardinal, he's tired of not understanding that his church is a service, nothing more and nothing less. "Vida Nueva therefore answers to someone around her in Buenos Aires why the pope does not allow kissing the ring.

The episode was produced on Monday, March 25, 2019, during the visit of Bergoglio to the sanctuary of Loreto, Italy. A video shot after Mbad showed how the pope was trying to withdraw his hand when the parishioners wanted to kiss the fisherman's ring, although some insisted on doing so.

Eradicate hierarchical gestures

These respectful kisses have nothing to do with liturgists. And it seems that the pope wants to eradicate once and for all from the Church these hierarchical gestures, typical of a clericalism that represents one of the pioneers of his pontificate and which expresses the power to a flock that he needs a shepherd.

The adoratio with his person is not necessary for the current successor of Pedro, who wears a ring that is not even that of the fisherman, since it usually wears that of his cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires.

This is not the first time that Jorge Mario Bergoglio prevents them from kissing his hand. Already during the Pope's visit to the country last year, the former President of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, had been the subject of three refusals from Francisco to embrace his ring.

The papal ring is also known as the "fisherman's ring" or "psychologist" because his name recalls that only the legitimate successor of the apostle San Pedro, who was a fisherman, can show it.