The Power of the Vatican

Pope Francis was the 4th ‘most powerful’ person in the world according to Forbes, the prestigious American business magazine, which had just released the names of those it ranked as ‘the 72 most powerful people’ on planet earth in 2013.

Forbes ranked him immediately after the Presidents of Russia, the USA and China. It was a most extraordinary result for this humble leader of the Catholic Church who has never in his life sought position, power or status, has always lived as a poor man and, until his election as Pope used public transport, shuns mundane events and gives priority attention to the world’s poor.