How should you greet a pope? For centuries, it was Catholic tradition to kiss the papal foot. Nowadays, many faithful choose to bow and kiss the papal ring. Conservative Catholics, who routinely ...

I can’t stop watching Pope Francis try to keep people from kissing his ring The Popemobile protects the papal leader in crowds. Keeping his ring safe from kisses is another challenge.

The Popemobile protects the papal leader in crowds. Keeping his ring safe from kisses is another challenge.

On Monday, when Pope Francis visited a Catholic shrine in Loreto, he repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people bowed and tried to kiss the ring on it.

Is Pope Francis kissing goodbye to ring tradition? Pope's ring-kissing controversy not what it seems "It was a simple question of hygiene," Mr Gisotti explained on Thursday, telling reporters that ...

Some joked that the ring was a sign that Houston had a new pope, a nod to white smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel ...

Pope Francis flinched and pulled away his hand so people couldn't kiss the papal ring at an event in Loreto, Italy on Monday. Pope Francis repeatedly pulled his hand away as people tried to kiss ...

Holding Pope Francis's right hand, the former Vice President Moody Awori bent and kissed the silver fisherman's ring on the pontiff's finger. This, he did at State House as President Uhuru ...