12-11-2013, 02:28 PM
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At a time when the limits of leadership are being tested in so many places, along comes a man with no army or weapons, no kingdom beyond a tight fist of land in the middle of Rome but with the immense wealth and weight of history behind him, to throw down a challenge. The world is getting smaller; individual voices are getting louder; technology is turning virtue viral, so his pulpit is visible to the ends of the earth. When he kisses the face of a disfigured man or washes the feet of a Muslim woman, the image resonates far beyond the boundaries of the Catholic Church."
Yup. Governments will lie and cheat, dictators will murder, politicians will bombast and deal. But a man of faith who preaches the basic tenents of his faith and then practices them ?
Good choice, Time.