Pope Francis while greeting a long line of people during a visit refused to have his hands kissed and abruptly removed them.
This caused quite a stir as a lot of people questioned the Pope’s intentions so much it went viral. However, The Vatican Spokesman Alessandro Gisotti cleared all misconceptions explaining the Pope was only being considerate of the People’s health by the actions.
Read his statements below and some funny interpretations afterwards;
It was a simple question of hygiene
He likes to embrace people and be embraced by people,
Alessandro Gisotti