Monsignor Pope Ping for OSV column.
He doesn’t mention the gesture of pointing a finger at your child, followed by a cross-your-throat move. This means, “If you don’t stop that right now, you will be in a world of hurt when we get home.”
Pope Francis:
>>On the contrary, traditionalist ideology has a faith like this [the pope makes a gesture of putting on earmuffs]. “The benediction should be done like this. In Mass, fingers should be like this, with gloves, like before …” What Vatican II has done with the liturgy has been something truly grand, because it has opened worship of God to the people. Now the people participate.<<