This week, Pope Francis visited a Catholic shrine in Loreto, Italy. He repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people lowered their heads and tried to kiss his ring. The tradition of kissing the pope’s ring is hundreds of years old and is meant to show respect and obedience, the Washington Post explains. The images of Francis withdrawing his hand spread quickly on social media. The pope's refusal became an issue of debate among Catholics. LifeSiteNews, a Catholic website that often criticizes the pope, called the event disturbing in the headline of an article. That article included a long history of the rings that popes wear and their importance in Catholic history.
Title: Kissing the Pope's Ring: An Issue of Debate
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/popering.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Kissing the Pope's Ring: An Issue of Debate' data-article-id='3758'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8063'>This week, Pope Francis visited a Catholic shrine in Loreto, Italy.</span> <span data-start-time='8063' data-end-time='19771'>He repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people lowered their heads and tried to kiss his ring.</span> <span data-start-time='19771' data-end-time='33833'>The tradition of kissing the pope’s ring is hundreds of years old and is meant to show respect and obedience, the Washington Post explains.</span> <span data-start-time='33833' data-end-time='41188'>The images of Francis withdrawing his hand spread quickly on social media.</span> <span data-start-time='41188' data-end-time='48396'>The pope's refusal became an issue of debate among Catholics.</span> <span data-start-time='48396' data-end-time='61167'>LifeSiteNews, a Catholic website that often criticizes the pope, called the event disturbing in the headline of an article.</span> <span data-start-time='61167' data-end-time='71354'>That article included a long history of the rings that popes wear and their importance in Catholic history.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/obedient.wav'><span>obedient</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/causing_anxiety.wav'><span>causing anxiety</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/historic.wav'><span>historic</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12617 data-hint-location='19771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/how_old_is_the_tradition.wav'>How old is the tradition?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='hundreds of years'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/hundreds_of_years.wav'><span>hundreds of years</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/it_is_new_for_this_pope.wav'><span>it is new for this Pope</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/recent_history.wav'><span>recent history</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/prior_decades.wav'><span>prior decades</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12618 data-hint-location='33833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/the_images_spread_quickly_on__blank_.wav'>The images spread quickly on <span class='blank'>social media</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='social media'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3245/many_websites.wav'><span>many 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