If you had kissed him on the cheek that may have been love or veneration but to kiss a piece of jewelry that he wears or one of his feet, is worship...
I certainly hope the last guy to kiss that ring before you didn't have AIDS, or Tuberculosis or something...
If I was to have a meeting with your pope, I likely would say, hey, how ya doin' Joe???
Now Joe is supposed to represent something or someone out of the Bible...Here's what Peter thought about someone kissing his ring or his feet...
Act 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Act 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Had Peter been sitting on that throne at the Vatican (scratch that, Peter would never have set on a throne) and someone knelt to kiss his ring or his feet, Peter would have flipped backwards out of the chair and told you to get up and stop it...
It ought to be crystal clear to anyone who reads and believes the scripture that your pope and the Apostle Peter have no connection with each other...
“I certainly hope the last guy to kiss that ring before you didn’t have AIDS, or Tuberculosis or something...”
At least he was opposed to homosexuality.
Remind me, what church do you go to Iscool?
LOL. Maybe that's how you worship, but that's not the definition of worship for others.
I certainly hope the last guy to kiss that ring before you didn't have AIDS, or Tuberculosis or something...
Some people go through life being afraid of everything.
If I was to have a meeting with your pope, I likely would say, hey, how ya doin' Joe???
That's one of the problems with the culture now days. Many people aren't embarrassed about being crass, and are incapable of being respectful. Try that in a courtroom in front of a judge sometime and let us know how it works out for you.
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Don't miss that key phrase "worshipped him". As is consistent with this teaching from Scripture, it is Catholic teaching not to worship a created being.
It ought to be crystal clear to anyone who reads and believes the scripture that your pope and the Apostle Peter have no connection with each other...
It is clear, at least to those in the Church of the Almighty La-Z-Boy, where each person is their own Pope descended from the Apostles, but where the Catholic Pope can't possibly have any connection with the Apostles. Don't break your neck kissing your own foot.
You are quite right, Iscool.
My dear Iscool, having read your always lively posts on religion for some time now, I feel I can assure you with the utmost confidence that you need never fear that the Holy Father will summon you for an audience.