According to Dailymail- Pope Francis, already Time Magazine’s ‘person of the year,’ has had a repeat of the honour from an unexpected quarter. The Advocate, America’s oldest gay rights magazine, chose the head of the Catholic Church as the ‘single most influential person of 2013 on the lives of LGBT people.’
That’s despite the church’s longstanding conflict with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community over its opposition to same-sex marriage and to homosexuality more generally.
‘While 2013 will be remembered for the work of hundreds in advancing marriage equality, it will also be remembered for the example of one man,’ wrote the online magazine in announcing its choice.
The pontiff famously said this summer he would not ‘judge’ homosexuals. Those remarks, the Advocate said, ‘became a signal to Catholics and the world that the new pope is not like the old pope.’
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