Pope Francis drew 6.6 million to Vatican in 2013, three times more than Benedict
More than 6.6 million people attended events with Pope Francis at the Vatican from his election in March to the end of 2013, figures released on Thursday showed, compared to 2.3 million for former Pope Benedict in all of 2012.
Francis, who last month was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, has drawn people to the Vatican because of his outgoing, simple and friendly style. Benedict was more reserved and far less spontaneous.
Francis has also proven to be popular because of his statements urging the Church to be closer to the poor and to be more merciful and less condemning.
It seems it is just not just US liberals who are noticing that this Pope is different.
As a former catholic who left the church because the church stopped following the Bible....I say THANK YOU POPE FRANCIS for actually reading the bible and bringing up the teachings every day.
I hope that he will soon visit America, and make a special trip to Wall Street and draw the attention to this greatest threat to humanity in the world.
Let us pray....
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