The reason the pope did not want them to kiss his ring

The long-awaited explanation of the video in which we see the pontiff withdraw his hand from the kiss of the parishioners has arrived. This is the spokesman of the Acting Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti, charged with explaining the case and referring it to a "sanitary motive".

"The Holy Father has said that it was for a very simple reason: hygiene, when there are long lines of faithful, as in Loreto and myself and that the line was really interminable, we are supposed to avoid the risk of contagion, not because He can see how many people are kissing the hand, as you have seen in the pictures, "Gisotti said.

In turn, the spokesman explained that the crowd of people of that day was another cause: "He told me that it was the reason and that it was not happening, as everyone could see, when there was a person or a very small group. " In addition, Gisotti said that the pope prefers to embrace people.

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