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Pope Francis enjoyed a remarkable year. He continued his fearless attempts to tackle global issues head-on, traveling around the world, reports CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey.
The pontiff set his tone for 2015 in the Philippines, braving typhoon weather in the same cheap yellow poncho the faithful wore – not quite “walking on water,” but close enough.
He logged more than 50,000 air miles to 11 countries, consistently delivering a message based on mercy, family, poverty, inequality and the environment.
His plain-speaking attitude kept Francis cassock-deep in controversy and enhanced his popularity.
A confession that a drawback to being Pope was not being able to go out for a pizza prompted a Naples pizza-maker to deliver one to the popemobile.
Francis paid him back by boldly going where the law fears to tread – into a neighborhood infested by the Camorra, the local mafia, and deriding them with a single phrase: “Corrupt society stinks.”
cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-2015-highlights-vatican-united-states-world/
The pontiff set his tone for 2015 in the Philippines, braving typhoon weather in the same cheap yellow poncho the faithful wore – not quite “walking on water,” but close enough.
He logged more than 50,000 air miles to 11 countries, consistently delivering a message based on mercy, family, poverty, inequality and the environment.
His plain-speaking attitude kept Francis cassock-deep in controversy and enhanced his popularity.
A confession that a drawback to being Pope was not being able to go out for a pizza prompted a Naples pizza-maker to deliver one to the popemobile.
Francis paid him back by boldly going where the law fears to tread – into a neighborhood infested by the Camorra, the local mafia, and deriding them with a single phrase: “Corrupt society stinks.”
cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-2015-highlights-vatican-united-states-world/
