2013-03-15         John W       John W's previous articles

Pope Francis - Day One

As I met people in Hong Kong yesterday, almost everyone knew that Pope Francis travels by bus, lives in a simple apartment, visits slums etc.
These are the things that the HK media highlighted. And these are the things that struck a chord with the HK public (the vast majority of whom are not Christian)

In this stock market town, the value of Catholic Church "shares" went right up...where "shares' means respect for the Church

Especially was this true for Catholics. A number of Catholic people phoned me to express their joy that such a good man had become pope

For both Catholics and others, Francis has immediately shown that he has authority, the only type of authority that carries much currency these days: moral authority - he lives the message of the Good News, he practices what he preaches

In Francis we have someone we can be proud of. It's as if Mother Teresa has become pope! 

See Pope Francis - Thank You Holy Spirit !