THE GOOD Within 10 minutes of the announcement of Pope Francis as 2013's Person of the Year--made simultaneously on the Today show and Twitter--the news had been retweeted more than 7,000 times. Within an hour, it was a topic of discussion in some 130 countries. As Paul Feiner of Greenburgh, N.Y., put it, "One doesn't have to be Jewish to love rye bread. And one doesn't have to be Catholic to appreciate the new Pope. He inspires people of all religions to care about others and to be better human beings." "He is lighting the way for all of us," Maria...
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