Portuguese film maker Emanuel de Oliveira (R) kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI on his arrival for a meeting with representatives of the Portuguese cultural community, in the Belem Cultural center in Lisbon, on May 12, 2010.
He uses a cane, and still he genuflects to kiss the Pope ring. Bravo!
Pilgrims wait ahead of Pope Benedict XVI visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI recalled Portugal's glorious past as a country of adventurers and missionaries who spread Catholicism around the globe in urging a rediscovery of its Christian heritage Wednesday _ a key theme of his message to an increasingly secularized Europe.
Photos via Daylife.
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