World● Low29m ago · Nov 6, 2026, 11:25 PM
The awkward moment of a former president of Uruguay with Pope Leo XIV: he tried to kiss his ring and the Holy Father pulled his hand away
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Luis Lacalle Herrera, Uruguayan president between 1991 and 1995, went viral for his gesture before the Pope.
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