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This recognition in turn has triggered a number of news stories about it, which in turn will contribute to his further impact on our awareness as we follow media coverage.
But will the impact on our awareness that Pope Francis is admittedly having make a significant difference on anything other than his favorability rating? For example, will his impact on our awareness help temper the religious zealotry of anti-abortion Catholics? Or will it help temper the anti-religious zealotry that certain Americans feel toward Christianity and Christians?
THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF POPE FRANCIS
In 1962, Pope John XXIII (born 1881; reigned 1958-1963) received this recognition from Time; and in 1994, Pope John-Paul II (born 1920; reigned 1978-2005) also received this recognition.
But each of them had worked his way up to this recognition over a period of years. In contrast with each of them, Pope Francis (born 1936) has been fast-tracked to this recognition in the first year of his reign as pope -- thanks in large measure to the media coverage he has received since he was elected pope earlier this year.
Over the last nine months or so since he became the pope, Pope Francis has received enormous amount of favorable media coverage -- the best publicity of anybody on the planet.
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