on Christmas Eve. He wasn’t being an “exhibitionist.”Seems like the theory here might need some refining.Update: It’s wonderful to see that the Pope is treating this incident in a pastoral manner. Nonetheless, I think sending Msgr. Ganswein to visit in the hospital a woman who knocked over the Pope might create some incentives that the Vatican has not fully anticipated.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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