Feast of Christ the King Cycle B Nov 20/21, 2021 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112121.cfm In 1963, there was a meeting between the first Catholic President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the pope of the time Paul VI in Rome. This was the first time that a Catholic president had met a pope, and there was quite a bit of speculation about one particular question: would JFK kneel down in front of the pontiff and kiss his ring. Most Catholics of the time would be expected to do just that at a papal audience– but this was the so-called “leader of the free world,” a powerful person in his own right. Kneeling would suggest subservience and would present political problems for the young president. When they finally did meet, there was no kiss. The two leaders shook hands and then proceeded to meet each other on an equal footing as human beings. In the Gospel today, we have a similar tableau of two powerful but very different leaders meeting—Pontius P