(Hint: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
That's John Paul II, and as much of anticommunist as Ronald Reagan. It was May 14, 1999, at he was receiving a Islamic delegation in the Vatican. It was a gift and he was being courteous.
Popes are not going to be rude to invited guests in the Vatican, no matter how many years of bloodshed there has been. He was also 79 and maybe a bit senile.
Lol thanx widget. I instinctively thought it was the marxist Argentinian. I better get some new glasses. Still reckon popes shouldn’t be kissing glorified toilet paper
Can’t they be courteous without grovelling. May as well have bent over for the tea towel heads and received one in the khyber pass