Archbishop of Canterbury backs Pope Francis as Time's Person of the Year

[struggle4progress]

Press Association
theguardian.com, Tuesday 31 December 2013 07.01 EST

... Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Justin Welby described the pope, whom he met this year, as "an extraordinary man".

"I think it is fair to say the Catholic church is 20 times bigger than the entire Anglican Communion and I wouldn't want to compare ourselves, or myself, to him in any way at all," he said.

"The pope has been hugely effective – he is an extraordinary man, quite brilliant in what he does. He has changed the sense of direction and purpose of the Catholic church with his personal example and his words" ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/31/archbishop-canterbury-justin-welby-pope-francis-time-person-of-the-year

[idwiyo]

1. "He has changed the SENSE of direction and purpose of the Catholic church". Not the direction.

Pretty words, zero action, and excellent PR team is all one needs this days to be named 'Person of the year'. YAY!

[rug]

3. He's gotten your repeated interest.

[goldent]

7. He is making use of his fame

I remember John Lennon saying since anything he does makes the news, he might as well do things for peace, even if symbolic, and use the news to advertise it.

[kwassa]

2. I am underwhelmed by ABC Justin Welby.

He has done little or nothing to deal with the major issues confronting the Anglican Communion. He could learn quite a bit from Pope Francis.

[hrmjustin]

4. I agree. He is nothing to write home about.

[arely staircase]

8. agreed nt

[Gore1FL]

5. Time's person of the year is who made news.

Khomeini, Hitler, Stalin, etc. have also won it. So did Ken Starr, for that matter.

[goldent]

6. Here's the entire list for those interested

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year