Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis is has been listed by Times Magazines as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
He made the list in the Icons category.
Notable figures who made in other categories include Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Aliko Dangote, former American first ladies, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Angela Merkel, among others.
Read the Pope’s profile by Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States and himself among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Moral Leader in Word and Deed:
Rare is the leader who makes us want to be better people. Pope Francis is such a leader.
His Holiness has moved us with his message of inclusion, especially for the poor, the marginalized and the outcast. But it has been his deeds, his bearing, the gestures at once simple and profound — embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners — that have inspired us all.
Pope Francis reminds us in ways that words alone cannot that no matter our station in life, we are bound by moral obligations to one another. His example challenges us to live out those obligations through work — to alleviate poverty, reduce inequality and promote peace; to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and open new doors of opportunity and visions of possibility for everyone. His message of love and inclusion, his regard for “the least of these,” distills the essence of Jesus’ teachings and is a tonic for a cynical age. May we heed his humble example.
Below is the Full List of Times 2019 100 most influential people
TITANS
Beyonce
Pony Ma
Janet Yellen
Tony Fadell
Sheika al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
Pharell Williams
Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy
Jeff Bezos
Aliko Dangote
Serena Williams
Ertharin Cousin
David Koch and Charles Koch
Hillary Clinton
PIONEERS
Jason Collins
Natalie Massenet
Mary Jo white
Tom Steyer
Jack Ma
Richard Sherman
Alfonso Cuaron
Megan Ellison
Robert Lanza
Megyn Kelly
Arvind Kejriwal
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
John Kovac
Travis Kalanick
Jenji Kohan
Lydia Ko
Anat Admati
Obadah al-Kaddri
David Sinclair
Kathryn Sullivan
José Mujica
Edward snowden
Major general Herbert Raymond McMaster
Imam Omar kobine Layama, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzqpalainga and the Rev. Nicolas Guérékoyame-Gbagou
Hosain Rahman
Arunachalam Muruganantham
Katherine Hayhoe
ARTISTS
Benedict Cumberbatch
Seth Meyers
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Kerry Washington
Binyavanga Wainaina
Amy Adams
John Green
Steve McQueen
Keegan -michael key and Jordan Peele
Diane Paulus
Robin Wright
Matthew McConaughey
Miley Cyrus
Yao Chen
Barbara Brown Taylor
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LEADERS
Mary Barra
John Kerry
Vladimir Putin
Ngozi okonjo iweala
Hassan Rouhani
Scott Walker
Ory okolloh
Shinzo Abe
Abdul fattah al-sisi
Xi jinping
Barack Obama
Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker pettigrew
Narandra Modi
Eric holder
Michelle Bachelet
Andrew Haldane
Angela Merkel
Jerry Brown
Thuli Madonsela
Rand Paul
Kristen Gilibrand
Nicolas Maduro
Abdullah Gul
Kim jong Un
Abu Du’a (aka Abu Bakr al-baghdadi)
ICONS
Robert Redford
Erwiana Sulistyaningsih
Pope Francis
Malala Yousafzai
Donna Tartt
Arundhati Roy
Christy Turlington Burns
Carrie Underwood
Phoebe Philo
Charlie Rose
Alice Waters
Marina Abramovic
Cristiano Ronaldo
Carl Icahn
