explained here by comedian Mikey Bustos:
Respect for elders is common in Asia, where the hierarchy is found in family culture:
Of course, things are changing here: we just shake hands with politicians and with those we meet. But "mano po" remains the traditional greeting by children or young folks for our older relatives.
And the older folks will actually bow and kiss the hand of bishops or priests as a greeting, just as ethnic Catholics used to do in the USA before Vatican II made such gestures taboo.
In the countries with the cultures of western Europe, however such things seem to remind one of the days of feudalism and are out of vogue. Because shaking hands shows we are equal, an important cultural belief in the west.
Ergo, politicians have to put up with sore hands (and a sore back from leaning over) at the end of the day.
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So the Pope, who is essentially a westerner, got annoyed when a Chinese lady grabbed his hand and tried to talk to him. She grabbed it quite firmly, probably causing pain, so he reacted with a rebuke in Spanish that is, of course, becoming a meme by the trads to criticize the poor old guy who probably was just having a bad day with arthritis and other aches and pains of old age and having to pretend he loves adulation and play acting as a pope when he'd probably be happier at home drinking a cerveza with his friends and making plans for his NWO church of nice.
However, alas this is not an isolated incident: this Pope, despite his many years of study as a Jesuit, is quite clueless as to nuances of culture, both in his public statements and in his actions, such as the one above, which he interpreted as an assault when it was just an Asian "howdy" gesture.
Maybe he should hire a "chief of protocol" so when he visits the Philippines he won't smack all those Lolas who will try a "mano po" with him.
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