The past 12 months have featured unrelenting coverage of his tiny Ford Focus, his rejection of the papal palace, and the cold calls he makes to letter writers. But far less attention has been paid to the deep spiritual and temporal marks Pope Francis has left on the Catholic Church since becoming pontiff last March 13—and what could lie ahead.
Overall, Pope Francis has coined a new type of encyclical (a document of papal teaching): the encyclical of the image. The warm embrace of the severely disfigured man and disabled children. The washing of the Muslim girl's feet on Holy Thursday. Dining with the homeless.
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