First of, I should say that I'm and atheist. ( Maybe agnostic ... that's still a debate I'm having in my head).
I just read an article on huff post where the pope gave a very compassionate touch to a man who has a horribly disfigured face.
( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... )
Most people would run from someone who looked like that. And I'm sure not many people would want to touch him. Imagine what that must feel like for the person living in that body.
Then here come the Pope giving such a compassionate and meaningful moment to this man. I started boo-hooing right away. In fact, I'm still bawling as I right this. I'm truly impressed with this new pope.
Remember he kissed the foot of a prisoner, traded in his car for some really old 1980's car, and told the Catholic community that it's about loving each other, and it's not about birth control and abortions?
He's going to be one of history's best popes if you ask me.