I think that humanity might well have a champion within the Established Order of things.
I know he can't hold the Office, but a "Draft Pope Francis for President" campaign still could be a good thing.
Pope Francis condemns fundamentalism, urges setting an example over proselytizing
“This is really very important to me: the need to become acquainted with reality by experience, to spend time walking on the periphery in order really to become acquainted with the reality and life – experiences of people. If this does not happen we then run the risk of being abstract ideologists or fundamentalists, which is not healthy.”
There's another link up at RawStory.com
Thomas Cahill: Conservatives are afraid of pope’s ‘pure Christianity,’ not ‘pure Marxism’
There's a truth worth stating every time we run into these Wealth-Worshipping Christians. Like Jesus said, you can give worth to God or you can give value to Worldly Things, but you can't do both. Can't be any halfway if you're daring to claim you follow Jesus. Stop pretending you're virtuous if holding on to your wealth comes first.
Back to the Pope, later in the article. An article to really read in full to get the scope and depth of how he sees things.
Francis also encouraged the leaders of men’s religious orders to “wake up the world.” He said the Church should grow through “attraction” rather than proselytization.
“Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world,” he said.
Might the Pope spark Imams, and Rabbis, and other religious leaders to take up the cause of humanity? To promote vigorously the justice and goodness demanded at the core of most religions?