Pope’s Foot-Wash a Final Straw for Traditionalist Catholics

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36. Footwashing is a very old tradition and

one might think that "traditionalists" who really believed in their Christ-based religion would find such actions praiseworthy. After all, Christ himself performed such rites. But since those whose feet he washed were male and among his selected few - at least according to the tales we know about - that was right and fitting. http://www.podiatryinfocanada.ca/Public/Origins-of-Foot-Washing-and-Foot-Kissing and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_washing

Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth used to hold annual symbolic foot washing ceremonies at the Zeremoniensaal in Vienna where they themselves would wash the feet of the poor. This may have been a tradition held over from "Holy Roman Emperor" days, e.g., those days when certain powerful leaders supported the cause of the Roman Catholic Church on the battlefield. http://www.hofburgorchester.at/?id=&lang=en&folder=49

But since this Pope had the effrontery to wash the feet of two females - one of whom does not even practice a Christ-based religion - that is unimaginably awful to the Old Guard of Pomp, Circumstance and Protecting Pedophiles.

As one who was once a practicing Catholic, I applaud the symbolism of this Pope's action, but remain to be convinced as to whether he really intends to change in the Church in ways that will matter to the contemporary world. I am long past caring, but there are many who still do and I respect that.