[marshmallow]

Has anybody ever explicitly asked him "why"? I'd like to hear him explain this bizarre behavior.

I'd have thought that a truly Catholic journalist would also be curious about this and would ask him directly the next time he climbed aboard a plane and gave one of his mid-air pressers.

[CatQuilt]

I’d pay to see that.

[ebb tide]

I don't know. Bergoglio even declines a prie-dieu when offered one at Benediction and Exposition.

On the other hand:

[RitaOK]

I’m convinced he has very bad knees or hips and has gained considerable weight. He has had to be hoisted up from the floor by other priests on more than one occasion.

But, it does seem in order for an explanation to be well known, by now, given his many insults toward the Church Tradition and practices.

[OpusatFR]

Marsh, my mother had dual knee replacements, both the left and right at the same time. It was impossible for her to kneel. A genuflect was also a problem for her.

I don’t know if Francis has had his knees replaced, but that could be one reason.

I really can’t understand otherwise why he does not genuflect.