Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Pope Francis



Jorge Gorgoglio from Argentina has been elected as the new Pope.  I was extremely impressed by his humble demeanor and his request for the people to pray for him.  This selection seems to signal new directions for the Catholic Church.

I do not go to church often, but I was raised as a Catholic and this moment moved me.  There is a lot of hope in this humble man who takes the bus to work, who cooks his own dinners, who doesn’t live in the Cardinals’ residence, who joins Italy and Argentina by being an immigrant to Argentina, who is a man of the people who washes the feet of AIDS patients.

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