Pope Francis’s first year: Faith, hope—and how much change? | The Economist

Pope Francis’s first year: Faith, hope—and how much change? | The Economist

Pope Francis’s first year

Faith, hope—and how much change?

How a modest but canny man is approaching the complex task of leading the Roman Catholic church

Mar 6th 2014, 16:01 | From the print edition

IN THE 12 months since he appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s to begin his papacy with a disarmingly unaffected “Good evening” to the crowd below, Pope Francis has won a following far beyond the Roman Catholic church.