The pope's refusal quickly entered what are known as the Catholic cultural wars between conservatives and progressives.
One conservative Catholic website that often criticises the pope called the episode"disturbing" and another said the pope should resign if he did not like rituals.The spokesman noted that the pope does allow individuals to kiss his hand and ring in limited numbers, such as he did with an elderly Italian nun at Wednesday's general audience when Francis award her for decades of service to the poor in Africa.
Some Vatican watchers noted that even former Pope Benedict, a hero to nostalgic conservatives, and his predecessor John Paul, did not like having their hands kissed - at least not by long lines of people, for the sake of expediency.
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