I think the significance of the pope this year isn’t so much who he is or what he does, as it still is something that matters to the word. Why it’s so fascinating is what makes it significant. During Benedict XVI’s papacy, It felt as if the Vatican was playing catch-up while sticking to the guns of the old world.

Let’s be honest here though… This is the perspective of someone that’s on the outside looking in. Everyday we struggle to accept the ever changing ways of all people in a society just on our own. For some reason Benedict will say something that will erupt a storm of distaste, especially since the topics always seemed to be sex and homosexuality (in no particular order). Continue reading →