TIME's Person of the Year 2013

[Natalka]

Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year


In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very centre 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," Time editor Nancy Gibbs wrote in an editorial on the magazine's website.

This is the third time the magazine has chosen a pope as its Person of the Year. In 1994, Time gave that honour to Pope John Paul II, and in 1963, to Pope John XXIII.

[Natalka]

Explanation for the choice and the second link, how the portrait was done for the cover

http://poy.time.com/2013/12/11/pope-francis-the-choice/

http://poy.time.com/2013/12/11/behin...-jason-seiler/

[gryphon]

he's actually acting like a pope should act. so i have no problem with this

[TaraF]

I'm not religious in any manner and I think this Pope is great. Great selection for their person of the year.

[Mia001]

but what about those pedophiles he's hiding......so did his previous co-popes and vatican

sorry , that is something that ruined so many lifes

[davidfendick]

I agree