CONGRATULATIONS, POPE FRANCIS

Recently, Pope Francis was named “Person of the Year” by Time magazine.

No one deserves this honor more than Pope Francis. It is worth repeating what we said about him just a month after he was chosen as the new pope. The following is the lead paragraph in our April 15 New York Times op-ed page ad, titled, “LEAD US, HOLY FATHER”:

“As soon as you were introduced as Pope Francis, you impressed us, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, with your humility and ability to connect with common people. Your long-standing outreach to the least among us, beginning with the unborn, is especially welcome. So is your commitment to the poor, and your equally strong rejection of a politicized theology.”