Head Tale

Today’s big announcement that Pope Francis has been named Time’s Person of the Year is great timing, coming roughly halfway through my series of Atheist Advent posts.

I was already thinking about doing a post about the new Pope and how, in light of yesterday’s post about the hypocrisy of many religious people (including religious leaders), Pope Francis seemed like a breath of fresh air with his more humble approach.

But the fact still remains that he’s the leader of an incredibly wealthy, influential organization that treats women, gay people and others very badly, continues to cover up disgusting sex scandals and so on.

So perhaps the new Pope isn’t all he’s made out to be and instead, I have to wonder if there’s ulterior motives at play, especially given the fact that a Fox News Media Adviser was recently hired by the Vatican to control and improve their messaging:

It’s a strategy job. It’s very simple to explain, not so easy to execute: to formulate the message and try to make sure everyone remains on message. – Greg Burke, Vatican Communications Strategist