The head of the largest religion on earth understands the importance
of first impressions. But you couldn’t tell that by his initial remarks
the other day when he set foot in the US for the first time ever.
When elected pope, Francis made a spectacular first impression. He asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to bless him. (It’s usually the other way around.) The next day, he paid his own hotel bill and carried his own suitcase. And he continued in this humble, self-effacing way and so won the hearts of millions.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/05/pope-sympathizes-more-with-bishops-less-with-victims/
When elected pope, Francis made a spectacular first impression. He asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to bless him. (It’s usually the other way around.) The next day, he paid his own hotel bill and carried his own suitcase. And he continued in this humble, self-effacing way and so won the hearts of millions.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/05/pope-sympathizes-more-with-bishops-less-with-victims/