I believe the upcoming visit of Pope Francis and the openness in his statements on a wide variety of topics certainly qualify him as a news maker. I am not a Roman Catholic, but I feel that the positive impact on the Catholic religion and the world in general is definitely worth further reading.
Interesting for me is the fact that he has not visited the U.S. before and, I believe, we are down at number 15 on the list of countries he has visited. While he has not been directly quoted, snippets of his conversations convey the idea that he believes that the U.S. needs to remember we are not the center of everything.
I hope his visit goes well, I hope non-believers (not about his religion, but his openness to investigating climate warming, financial ruthlessness, etc.) will, at least, listen to what he has to say.
