@inesanma @filipedomingues @austeni @jdflynn I think it’s also important to remember that the gesture of hand kissing has also been adopted as a sign of fealty by the mafia in Italy, an entity Francis has railed against, I wonder it that’s a part of it for him.

I think it’s also important to remember that the gesture of hand kissing has also been adopted as a sign of fealty by the mafia in Italy, an entity Francis has railed against, I wonder it that’s a part of it for him.

— Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) March 25, 2019

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