Pope Francis defied the laws of gravity once again by posing on the cover of the Rolling Stone Magazine, making him the very first pontiff to land a rock star status on rock's ultimate music bible.
“Pope Francis: the times they are a-changin’,” reads the cover headline that borrows the title of Bob Dylan’s classic early 1960s anthem.
The article, written by Mark Binelli, explores what it calls the "Pope's Gentle Revolution" and deliberates over what makes the 77-year-old pontiff so revolutionarily different from his predecessors.
"Up close, Pope Francis, the 266th vicar of Jesus Christ on Earth, a man whose obvious humility, empathy and, above all, devotion to the economically disenfranchised has come to feel perfectly suited to our times, looks stouter than on television," the piece reads.
"Having famously dispensed with the more flamboyant pontifical accessories, he's also surprisingly stylish, today wearing a double-breasted white overcoat, white scarf and slightly creamier cassock, all impeccably tailored."
The Argentine-born pope, who took office in March last year, has previously been Time magazine’s Person of the Year.--Source: Irish Independent