This guy has said a lot of nice things since becoming pope, and I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. It really seems like he's clawing back some of the PR and good will Catholics lost over the last few decades. But the cynic in me only sees a propaganda machine that's finally firing on all cylinders again. I mean, forgetting what he said, what has he actually <i>done</i>?
doesn't deserve it a bit. Snowden brought up a debate that is lasting, that concerns us. there is nothing the pope brought up that defined the year. Mandela would have been a better choice.
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6887410" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6887410</a><p>"Time Person of the Year 2013", 1 hour ago, 38 points, 57 comments.
Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year." [Wikipedia]<p>The Pope has had little influence on the events of the year. Of the nominees, Snowden would seem a best fit.
I am reminded of 2008 - 2009. My question: will he get his Nobel Peace Prize before the world wakes up and notices that he is in fact head of the Roman Catholic Church?