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>> his papacy is hailed by many as a fresh start for a troubled catholic church. >> there is a kind of rock star equal it to this man. a sense after new day dawning, wherever he goes.it to this man. a sense after new day dawning, wherever he goes. >> his demeanor, style and words gathered attention the world over. >> translator: if a person is gay and accepts the lord and has goodwill, who am i to judge them. >> people listening and looking are seeing a different atmosphere. a different rat tude here. >> six months into his teen you're has the 266th pontiff, has pope francis changed attitudes and galvanized hundreds of millions of catholics. >> i have no doubt he has the ability to get it done. >> but there are those who are not entirely sold on the new

pope. >> is history in the make as we look at pope francis, a man of many firsts. >> the curtains are open. and there he is. >> six months -- >> good morninging from rome. the world has a new pope. >> a new pope in the form of the white smoke rising from the chimney of the sistine channel. >> exactly six months since cardinal stepped on to the balcony of st. peter's basilica in rome with the announcement of a new pope. >> he looked scared. my first thought was, we are going to have someone who will stand there and represide and we have to bow down in front of him. >> the department chair at keen university in new jersey. >> if you looked very closely, it is as if his eyes began to

blink very rap lid behind those glasses, as if he came into the moment. this is what christians call, grace. >> translator: let us pray in silence, your prayer to me. >> then he did something very traditional. which is he said, i ask for your prayers. but then he bowed. he made a physical act of humility to the people. and in that moment, i think he bound himself to the people. i think people said, wow, we need him. he needs us. we're in this together. in addition then, what francis did was he referred to himself, not as pontiff maximus, the supreme pontiff. not as pope. but the simpler title, bishop of rome. >> john alan is cnn analyst, author of eight books on the vatican and catholic affairs. >> everything you needed to know

what kind of man and what kind of pope francis would be was going to be revealed on the debut on the balcony. >> pope francis has also revealed, he is not afraid it weigh in on matters of global conflict. the pope spoke out on syria, writing a letter to russian president vladimir putin as g-8 will got under way in st. petersburg. the pope said to leaders present each and every one, i made a heart felt appeal for them to help find ways to overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit after military solution. >> he is also called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace in syria. and he is using almost every means at his disposal to back this up p. one thing that is clear, on the six-month anniversary of francis's papacy, is that he wants to be a bold global

leader. one of the ironies about pope france sis that when he was in argentina, most people would say he wasn't a very active political player but i think what he recognizes is, the states are different now and he is no longer the arch bishop of a major city, he is the pope of the entire catholic church. >> that debut goes back to 1969. when he was ordained as esuity in argentina. his hall mark was service and humility. three years later in 2001, pope john paul ii appointed him a cardinal. and after more than a decade, on the march 13, 2013, he was elected to lead the world's estimated 1.2 billion catholics

and installed as pope six days later. >> and this is the greatness of the man i think that he is. that he knows who he is. he knows what his responsibility is. >> cardinal theodore mccarrying is archbishop of washington, d.c. he says france sis is handling job well. >> he knows he carry theory it with jesus and he knows that the people out there and his job is to help them. >> becoming pope was one of the significant firsts for pope francis. >> the first outside europe in 1300 years and the first pope to utter the word gay. >> so we have the first eswit pope. it seems strange a pope would be a jesuit because jesuits take a vow to do what pope tells them. >> but even more stunning to many was the name he chose.

peter fa reason is a life-long catholic and writer for the catholic magazine "common will." >> first pope to be named after francis of aseesy. so francis of asteezy was a rebel and someone deeply committed to the poor and to prayer and to a kind of radical vision of living out christianity. this is the first pope it take that name, and it's not an accident. >> and it is perhaps after jesus and peter and maybe mary, the most iconic name in the catholic imagination. because it used to be believed that no pope could take the name francis because there was only one francis. and the fact that this pope does d it told me two things about the man right away. one, this would be maverick pope, not shackled by convention. and two, this told me this would be a very franciscan pope in the literal sense of the world.

meaning somebody before all else was going to embrace lady poverty, lover of st. francis. >> while service to the poor is one of the tenets of the catholic church, people come to see the often laughic image of the papacy that the church is out of touch with ordinary followers. some church observers say pope francis's dressed down style from the beginning may be creating some unease, even among the cardinals who elected him. >> i wouldn't be surprised if some of them are wondering, what did we bargain for. did we know what we were getting. so if i'm living in a pa lashal residence and i'm amazing wonderfulfully ornate vestments and then here comes pope francis and he is living in a guest house with simple clothes, i have to look how i'm putting forward my own image in my own

die diocese. >> we have this focus on what we call cuff link or cad lick ka tholli thollism. and i think the jera of cuff lik onor cad lick catholicism is gone. and in april, may, june right after the election of francis in march and what were they talking about? oh, how much they always admired france of aceci anyway so i think soup kitchens will be the new cadillacs. >> bishops must be close to people. men who do not think and behave like princess. >> we do not need leaders in this church who have the mind-set of princess. i think if he knows, if he wants preach that successfully to the 5,000 bishops in the catholic church an more than 400,000 catholic priests of the world, he has to mod tell himself. >> just ten days after

installation of pope his meu mi humility was in full display before easter one of the most sacred times on the calendar. >> he went and washed, including the feet of women, including the feet of two people who were nonchristians. some people argue that is incorrect and it should only be men. because they represent the 12 apostles who were all male. immediately, after he did that, there were churches and cathedrals around the country washing women's feet the same day. >> i don't think he cared whose feet he was washing. he washed a woman's feet. he wae washed a muslim's feet. and guess what? the church is still standing. >> getting close to his flock. in his first international trip to brazil, he captivated the people. and also sent shock waves around

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six months into his papacy, observers say pope francis is changing the narrative. >> it was church in crisis. catholic water gate. now within 24 hours after francis's election we were talking about new day dawns for the catholic church and charismatic pope takes the world by storm. >> july, francis took his first international trip as pope to celebrate world youth day in brazil. the most populous catholic country in the world. the reception in rio de janeiro was overwhelming and raised security concerns. many were calling the 1981 assassination attempt of john paul ii and one woman attacking benedict 16th twice in 2008 and 2009. >> i will tell you, after the mob scene on the first night of

the brazil trip unfolded and the motor cade was hijacked, i spoke to churchman and cardinals who were holding their breath and frankly saying, on background, dear god, i hope we don't have to go back to the conclave next week because i hope this guy doesn't put himself in harm's way. >> his love of the people, hope to reach the people, touch the people, get involved with the people, is so overwhelming. it is more of a desire to reach the people and to touch them. >> his final mass along rio's iconic beach drew 3.5 million, according to the vatican. he challenged believers to be vocal. >> don't be afraid to go and to bring christ into every area of life. to the fringes of society. even to those who seem furtherest away, most

indifferent. the church needs you. your enthusiasm. your creativity. and the joy that is altruistic of you. >> bikinis gave way for roseries. as francis took the world's most famous stretch of sand and surf by storm. but that was the story line. and one of these iconic global figures that radiatees a desire to awaken the better angels of our nature. that was the spirit of copa cabana week for that weekend in july. >> perhaps an impromptu press conference he gave at end of his week-long visit. on the plane back to rome, he was in high spirits taking questions for more than an hour. at one point, said this -- >> translator: if a person is gay and accepts the lord and has goodwill, who am i to judge them. >> those remarks reverberated around the world. >> i think that it was very important sign that he was truly

going to be in a position of toleration and understanding and attempting to come into dialogue with people who were homosexually oriented without prejudging them. >> also stunning, his use of the word, gay. when church officials previously had used the word homosexual. >> this is how the people on the periphery look at life and describe life. and that's where he is. he wants to talk to them in their own language. this is the pope francis. you love everybody. >> the pep's comments drew a mixture of praise and criticism among catholics. critics thought francis didn't go far enough. church doctrine remains the same, engaging in homosexuality is a sin and quote intrinsically disordered. pope francis's predecessors both talk tough on the gay issue.

pope benedict xvi with, last year. >> translator: father, mother, child, essential elements of being human are lost. >> pope benedict had a chris ma, but this th was the charisma of a professor you respected. where as francis is an uncle you run up to and hug. he is what we need at this moment. someone who is gentler. someone who is more open. he is not going to change doctrine, but he will preach it differently. >> which was apparent when reporters asked him about women becoming priests. he sounded a jewel tone. >> translator: if reference to the organization of women, the church has spoken and said no. this door is closed. i have said it, but i repeat it. women in the church are more important than bishops and priests. >> i think that the church is going to see some big changes

over time. will women be admitted to the holy ordersed to the priesthood? pope john paul ii said that we are not able to do that because it is a situation that is determined by the example of our lord in selecting 12 men to be the apostles. however, there were certainly many women in the early church who had leadership roles in prayer. >> in september the pope continued to make news, leaving no doubt he was radically shifting the conversation on social issues. he warned the church not to interfere spiritually in the lives of gays and lesbians and said that the church needed to be more than about condemning abortion, same-sex marriage and contraceptives. yet, the winds of change are upon the holy sea as pope francis looks to reform the

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with an estimated 1.2 billion catholic followers, pope francis presides over the largest christian body in the world, making him one of the most powerful men on earth. but he has his work cut out for him as he exercises that power to make fundamental reforms. perhaps most painful, cleaning up the mess from a decades long sexual abuse scandal that dates back to the '60s. >> things were hold up in the vatican. things were not functioning smoothly or efficiently to process these cases, so some of this is in fact a concrete example of why it's imperative that this be looked at and addressed. >> the numbers still from 30 years ago are, unfortunately, sometimes still coming up horribly so, but we've moved forward.

we've moved from there, and here we have a new pope who has expressed clearly his mind is -- there's no compromise on this. >> another priority which francis is already tackling is reforming the curia, the central governing body of the church viewed widely as ineffective. francis has a pointed a group of eight cardinals to review it. >> i bet the people in the curia are shaking in their cassocks right now. i think this point is in many ways an outsider. sometimes it takes somebody from the outside to come in with fresh eyes who is not beholden politically to a certain circle to effect change. >> what could be considered the first scandal of francis' new administration is the allegations of corruption at the vatican bank.over the summer italian police arrested a senior italian bank official for a

reported money laundering scheme involving about $26 million. cardinal mccarrick, who voted in the 2005 conclave that owe elected pope benedict, knows pope francis personally and would inform some of his thinking as he deals with these issues. he wants to be a good manager of the -- of the people's money. if he sees it, the poor are giving help that should be used to help others and being used in a bad way, he's not going to stand for that. >> there's going to be some blowback. the honeymoon will be over at some point, but how that will happen remains to be seen, but what's more important is what happens with all of us. it's not when you get knocked down. it's how you get up again. >> there are lots of people who are saying things like i want a pope who looks more like a pope. my response to that is, well, what the hell does that mean? let's pope francis be pope the

way he wants to be pope. not let other people dictate how he wants to be pope. >> the hard truth is the papacy is an impossible job. think about what we want popes to be. we want them to be media rock stars. we want them to be fortune 500 ceos. we want them to be political heavyweights. we want them to be world class intellectuals, and we want them to be living saints. i mean, any one of these things is hard to do over the course of a lifetime, and you a you roll that all up together it's a prescription for impossibility. >> and as pope francis settles in his job on the heels of benedict xvi resigning earlier this year, the first pope to do so in 600 years, pope francis must also figure out how to stem the tide of members leaves the church. >> if there's anything that will bring people back, it is the understanding that the church is there, not to yell at people. the church is there to be an instrument of god's love and of

god's forgiveness, and if there's anything that will characterize pope francis, it is that. >> as the first non-european latin american jesuit pope, what does the future look like for pope francis? >> well, i think he has a hard job ahead of him, and i'm inspired by how happy he is because i know if i were in that job, i'd be awfully worried about a number of things, but i think he is going to lead us into the future that is more simple, that is less emphasizing details and more emphasizing the heart of the faith. that's why i see as the future with pope francis. >> it remains to be seen. we're only at since months. i'm an historian, not a prophet. but he is certainly, as a lot of people smarter than i have said, he's changed catholicism of being dowor and glum to being exciting and full of vim and

vigor. francis has clearly shown that you can be 76 years old, with one lung and have an awful lot of energy. >> he didn't carry a definition with him into this job. he was able to set the definition for himself, and i think the consensus is over the early months of the papacy he's done a masterful job. >> and if he can turn things around, in essence rebrand the catholic church, he may become a man of many more firsts and perhaps a pope talked about and remembered for centuries to come. this is your first time to