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.
Sure, sure...And it's Catholic teaching to keep active homos out of the clergy...And it's Catholic teaching that abortion and contraception is an abomination and not to be tolerated in your church...
I could also make the false claim that I love alcohol...Drink a fifth of Bourbon a day...A case of beer every night...
But on the other hand, I don't drink alcohol because I have a self imposed rule that I don't drink alcohol...It's not drinking...I am imbibing...
Sorry guys but you don't get to define what worship means...God has taken care of that and any cursory study on worship in the scriptures may set you on a straighter course...