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6 Reasons I Have a Major Crush on Pope Francis

By Cathleen Falsani
“An illustration of the pope from the side.” by Hamilton Cline, Daly City, Calif. Via RNS
Sep 16, 2013
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When I see him smiling on TV or on the cover of a magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store, I get the warm fuzzies.

I follow him religiously on Twitter and have a Google news alert set up so I don’t miss a morsel of his latest awesomeness.

The photo meme of him smiling gape-mouthed at a little girl accompanied by the words, “You love Jesus too?!” is my screensaver, and I wear a pendant with a tiny image of him on one side and of St. Francis on the other.

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“An illustration of the pope from the side.” by Hamilton Cline, Daly City, Calif. Via RNS
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