The previous pope, pope Benedictus XVI retired from his position of a pope, who has the right and power to rule the Catholic Church. His retirement came as a great surprise to many of catholic devotees because it is not an ordinary action to resign from such a high position that guarantees the wealth and fame. On the contrary to this fact, he chose to abandon the right for pope to prolong the duration of reign until his death. To carry on his baton, The Holy See, Vatican recently elected the new pope and assigned him to the highest rank of the Catholicism. He is Francis, the 266th pope. Being a new pope, he became the center of public eyes of worldwide nations. He was one of the candidates when the previous pope, Benedictus was elected.
Many people thought that the succession will take such a long time in case that it is not ordinary. On the other hand, the succession process flowed relatively smoothly than the expectation. Just few days after Benedictus¡¯ retirement, the next pope was elected. But, why the Catholic Church decided to put Francis on the position as a leader? There are numerous reasons to explain. But to abridge them; they can mainly be divided into two. First of all, he has a special meaning for being a first pope from Latin America and from the Society of Jesus. But, moreover, he is elected as a pope because of his honest and modest behavior. The Catholic Church might select him for those behaviors that can be a role model for 12billion catholic believers. To give a famous anecdote as an example, he usually rides a bus or subway rather than having his own driver like many other popes did. Many people believe him as a leader to reform the Catholic Church.
In addition, many people are curious about why did the prior pope Benedict retired from his position and what distinctive meaning does it have. Because it is such an exceptional case for a pope to discard his position without overthrown or death, people anticipate that there might be some huge issue thrown on Benedictus. On the contrary, it is not true. He took off the heavy position named pope in order to make a chance to the next generation. It is abnormal but highly respectful and meaningful act.
For the last part, let¡¯s take a close look at the prospect and anticipation of recently elected pope. As mentioned above, because he is a respected and a man living with austerity, his reign will be peacefully maintained without a big obstruction or objection. Even though I do not belong to a church, I personally hope that he can play a key role to a consensus of 12billion Catholics.