You have got to be kidding me, a Catholic Bishop was embarrassed by the protocol of kissing the Pope’s ring? Our Bishops need much prayer. I remember for my wedding blessing in front of John Paul II, at his second to last general audience, a whole slew of people went before us and kissed his ring. When it came time for the newlyweds, who went last, to approach to Pope the attendants brought out kneelers. All I could think about at first was that I wouldn’t get to kiss his ring and this ”Bishop” is embarrassed by having the privelage and the request to doing do so, he is too modern for his own good. Does he consider himself above the Pope? Lord have mercy.
“When it came to my turn, the person before me did it and I kissed his [the Pope's] ring as well — even though I was rather embarrassed by it,” Bishop Murphy said.
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Kiss the Ring
You have got to be kidding me, a Catholic Bishop was embarrassed by the protocol of kissing the Pope’s ring? Our Bishops need much prayer. I remember for my wedding blessing in front of John Paul II, at his second to last general audience, a whole slew of people went before us and kissed his ring. When it came time for the newlyweds, who went last, to approach to Pope the attendants brought out kneelers. All I could think about at first was that I wouldn’t get to kiss his ring and this ”Bishop” is embarrassed by having the privelage and the request to doing do so, he is too modern for his own good. Does he consider himself above the Pope? Lord have mercy.
Read more: Belfast Telegraph