Pope Francis, The Choice (Time person of the year!)

Time ^ | Nancy Gibbs

[Morgana]

Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.

How do you practice humility from the most exalted throne on earth? Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly—young and old, faithful and cynical—as has Pope Francis. In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very center of the central conversations of our time: about wealth and poverty, fairness and justice, transparency, modernity, globalization, the role of women, the nature of marriage, the temptations of power.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ain’t it a wonderfully easy world to grasp when everyone’s a devil or an angel? None of these checkered figures to hassle with figuring out.

[NoRedTape]

On the 'beach ball' photo and inane commentary can so-called "conservatives" get anymore irreverent and divided?

I never thought I'd see this kind of diatribe on the Church ....especially on 'Free Republic'. Wow.