What should he have done? He didn’t tear the cross off and step on it, he took the cross in his hand and held it.
Seriously? You see NOTHING wrong with this? How about not denying our Lord and covering the cross and not bowing? That would actually send the message to the Jew that he will not capitulate his faith for her false Christ-denying religion.
But you see, that wouldn’t be in keeping with Vatican II false ecumenism, the New “Catholic” Religion.
The first Pope Peter also denied the Lord, 3 times
Then wept
Hiding the crucifix is not what the Christian world deserves from a Pope
He didn’t _hold_ it so much as _hide_ it.