Who?
Pope Francis is TIME's 2013 Person of the Year
方濟各教皇是《Time》（時代週刊）“2013年年度人物”
Why?
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly as has Pope Francis. In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very center of the central conversations of our time: about wealth and poverty, fairness and justice, transparency, modernity, globalization, the role of women, the nature of marriage, the temptations of power...
幾乎沒有人像方濟各教皇這樣，在登上世界舞臺後的短短時間內就引起了廣泛關注。在繼任教皇的9個月裡，他就站在了我們這個時代的中心議題的中心：關於財富和貧困、公平和公正、透明度、現代性、全球化、女性的角色、婚姻的本質、以及權力的誘惑……
What?
關於老弱病殘
“We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying of hunger and the elderly are without medical assistance.”
有孩子正在捱餓、老人得不到醫護，我們怎能安然入睡。
關於關愛
“Take care of God’s creation. But above all, take care of people in need. ”
關愛上帝創造的一切。首先要關愛需要幫助的人。
關於善
“How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!”
如果每天結束的時候，我們每一個人都能說：“今天我對別人做了一件善事”那該多好啊。
關於金錢
“If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.”
如果金錢和物質成為生活的中心，它們就會追著我們、把我們變成奴隸。
關於浪費
“Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry. ”
消費主義讓我們習慣了浪費。扔掉食物就好比偷走窮人和餓肚子的人的食物。
關於女性
“The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.”
在我們做出任何重大決定時，都少不了有才華的女性。
關於墮胎
“Things have a price and can be for sale, but people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.”
東西有價、可以買賣，但人的尊嚴是無價的、並且比東西有價值得多。
關於同性戀
“If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him? We must be brothers.”
如果一個人是同性戀、信仰上帝並且善良，我憑什麼去評判ta？我們大家都應該是兄弟。
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