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originally posted by: stosh64
a reply to: CthruU
Umm...what happened?
originally posted by: Anathros
I'm not Catholic but he didn't do anything wrong. The woman grabbed his hand with both of hers and pulled him off balance. Then she refused to let go of him. He slapped her hand ffs. If you ask me, he showed patience and restraint. He is a man shouldn't be held to some unobtainable standard as if he is God. If you don't like him or the Church, so be it but don't pretend he battered some lady. Wow..
*Edit* Here's a link to what happened: www.nytimes.com...
originally posted by: Anathros
I'm not Catholic. I don't have a dog in this fight but he didn't do anything wrong. The woman grabbed his hand with both of hers and pulled him off balance. Then she refused to let go of him. He slapped her hand ffs. If you ask me, he showed patience and restraint. He is a man and shouldn't be held to some unobtainable standard as if he is God. If you don't like him or the Church, so be it but don't pretend he battered some lady. Wow..
*Edit* Here's a link to what happened: www.nytimes.com...
originally posted by: Sheye
originally posted by: stosh64
a reply to: CthruU
Umm...what happened?
A woman grabbed him from over a fence and aggressively tugged on his arm and held his hand, and would not let go.
He got aggressive in trying to break free of her grasp.
Also.. apparently the pope has been informing people that he does NOT want his ring kissed because of germs 🤷🏻♀️.. and there is a video out there of him pulling his hand away from all these people bending to kiss the ring. I’ll try and find the twitter link...
twitter.com...
originally posted by: oloufo
originally posted by: CthruU
originally posted by: Anathros
I'm not Catholic. I don't have a dog in this fight but he didn't do anything wrong. The woman grabbed his hand with both of hers and pulled him off balance. Then she refused to let go of him. He slapped her hand ffs. If you ask me, he showed patience and restraint. He is a man and shouldn't be held to some unobtainable standard as if he is God. If you don't like him or the Church, so be it but don't pretend he battered some lady. Wow..
*Edit* Here's a link to what happened: www.nytimes.com...
If you think he did nothing wrong you clearly don't understand his supposed position.
And
If he did nothing wrong why then did he apologize then????????
He's a human being. And every human being makes mistakes. And if you have any decency, you will apologize for your mistakes. Except Trump, of course, whose bull# is called alternative facts.
It's clear from the video of the Pope that the woman pulled him back and hurt him, as you can we him mouthing, "Ow!" from the pain that she caused him. That's no excuse for slapping her hands, but it was reactionary.