December | 2013 | Third Eye Views

Person of The Year

It was announced that Time magazine has officially named the Person of The Year and it is none other than Pope Francis. Being the Catholic sinner that I am (please don’t judge or question me) I think Time magazine got it right. As Time magazine managing editor Nancy Gibbs stated, Pope Francis is “someone who has changed the tone and perception and focus of one of the world largest institutions in an extraordinary way. So much of what he has done in his brief nine months in office has really changed the tone that is coming out of the Vatican. He is saying ‘We are about the healing mission of the church, and not about the theological police work that had maybe been preoccupying us.'” And I must agree.

Pope Francis has, in the most spiritual and humane way possible, bridged the gap between Catholicism and the rest of the world’s forward way of thinking. Informing the world that God and tradition can still be intertwined in the way we view the modern world that we currently live in. Not an easy feat for a man who is currently the face of an institution who has come under much historic scrutiny in the past decade. I commend Pope Francis on his efforts and congratulate him on being Person of The Year.