The Vatican faced criticism this week after Pope Francis kept worshipers in Loreto, Italy, from kissing his papal ring and the all-female staff working at the Vatican’s women's magazine resigned in protest.
Pope Francis greeted the faithful at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday and allowed nuns and priests to kiss his papal ring during his weekly audience without a hitch, a likely relief to a Vatican encountering sharp criticism this week.
Reactions posted on the conservative Catholic website Lifesite News went so far as to describe Francis’ behavior as “demonic” and “mentally unhinged.” Some Catholics are already angered by Francis’ mercy-before-dogma papacy and his push to allow divorced and civilly remarried divorcees receive Communion.Austen Ivereigh, who has written a biography of the pope, said the pontiff disliked the air of deference about the ring kissing gesture.
Rich Raho, a priest who teaches at St. Patrick High School in Chicago, tweeted, “He prefers people not kiss his ring, he would rather kiss their feet.” Francis acknowledged the abuse when asked about it last month, saying, “I cannot say no, in my house we don’t have this problem.” In its final editorial for the magazine, which has yet to be published, the staff said Monda was “pitting women against one another.”
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