TIME’s 2013 Person of the Year: Pope Francis

Pope Francis is Time’s 2013 Person of the Year. He beat out a list that includes President Barack Obama, Edward Snowden, Bashar al-Assad and Miley Cyrus.

From his comments on gays to his penchant for Twitter, Pope Francis’s every move has garnered strong reactions from the world media.

Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short Time.