Pope Francis

Hello, my silly followers! Don't know why you're reading this ridiculous thing, but here you are anyways! And I don't want to let you down. So here's another post to read! If you remember, last week I wrote about two women from the bible. My mother pointed out that I was posting a lot about people from the bible, and suggested that I do a week of less legendary figures. Well, at the very least a bit more modern, as this week's person is... drum roll please... Pope Francis!

If you look at a picture of the average person, you will see a face, and not much more. But for some people, some rare people, a part of their personality leaks through. I think Pope Francis is one of those rare people. Look at pictures of him and you can plainly see joy and peace etched on his face. He's also the coolest Pope so far. From his Twitter and Instagram accounts to having selfies taken with people, Pope Francis is very hip.

I was brainstorming today, wondering who the heck I was going to write about, when the idea came to me that I should write about Pope Francis (although, I probably don't deserve the credit for that; it was all God). But honestly, I don't know much about him (bear with me here). So upon looking him up, I found that he was born in Argentina to Italian immigrants. He became Pope on March 13th, 2013, changing his name to Francis in honor of Francis of Assisi. I remember watching it because it coincided with learning about Popes in a Co-op my mom was teaching. It was fairly uninteresting until white smoke came instead of black. Over time he has done some pretty amazing things, like washing the feet of juvenile offenders, two of which being Muslim. In more recent news (today, in fact), he took 12 migrants in Lesbos back to the Vatican with him.

The Pope is an inspiration to us all, showing us that it is not our job to judge, but to love, disregarding all differences in race of belief. He will continue to do Christ's work, a wonderful display that you can follow God no matter your age. No one can deny that he has made a difference in a broken world.

Sarah