[AAABEST]

LET's ALL KISS AND HUG KIDS!

[autopsy]

Hey, those pictures you posted don't show the reverent side of the Novus Ordo.

[Aliska]

Now hugs are a different matter, although they don't need to overdo it. On other threads, I have been critical of some things the pope has done. That is one of the things I liked about him, the way he hugged some of the kids, Mother Teresa, and that disabled guitar player. I thought that was kind of neat.

I've seen hugging in church overdone though. Sometimes it's like a chain reaction. Somebody loses control and hugs somebody (often their priest). Then everybody gets into the act. Upon careful observation and remaining a bystander, I got the impression that the priest wasn't too keen on it, but what is one to do?

[aikido7]

Patriarichal stern Father image trumps nurturing parent image every time!