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"Pope Francis I has been named Time magazine&amp;#039;s Person of the Year. Miley Cyrus and whistleblower Edward Snowden were among the other nominees who missed out on the accolade.   The former Argentine Cardinal was chosen by editor Nancy Gibbs as the person judged to have made the biggest impact on the world in 2013. &amp;quot;Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as Pope Francis,&amp;quot; said Gibbs. The final five candidates for the prize were named as the Pope, Syrian president Bashar Assad, Texas senator Ted Cruz and gay rights activist Edith Windsor. NSA intelligence leaker Snowden finished in second place.  Barack Obama, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius complete the top ten.    &amp;quot;What makes this Pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all,&amp;quot; Time magazine stated. &amp;quot;People weary of the endless parsing of sexual ethics, the buck-passing infighting over lines of authority when all the while (to borrow from Milton), &amp;#039;the hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;In a matter of months, Francis has elevated the healing mission of the church - the church as servant and comforter of hurting people in an often harsh world - above the doctrinal police work so important to his recent predecessors. &amp;quot;John Paul II and Benedict XVI were professors of theology. Francis is a former janitor, nightclub bouncer, chemical technician and literature teacher.&amp;quot; Egypt&amp;#039;s General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi won Time magazine&amp;#039;s separate Person of the Year reader poll with 26.2% of the 1.3 million votes cast. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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