I just caught the last half hour of the pope’s address to the UN General Assembly.

Although I was raised Catholic, I haven’t identified as such since I was a teenager. However I have to say that Pope Francis is a much needed breath of fresh air, and not just for the Catholic Church. I would be proud to call him my religious leader if I still were to identify as a Catholic. 

I don’t know if he was elected because of his progressive views or in spite of them, but he is giving the Church a much needed push into the modern world. I still don’t agree with religion in general but we’re not getting rid of that anytime soon so they might as well do something good with their influence.