羅馬教皇當選《時代》週刊年度人物

Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the imagination of millions of people who had become disillusioned with the Vatican.

美國《時代》週刊11日宣佈羅馬教皇方濟各選爲2013年度人物，稱讚他改革了天主教教堂的信條，從而重新抓住了那些對羅馬教廷信仰破滅的百萬信徒的心。

This is the third time the magazine has chosen a Pope as its Person of the Year. Time gave that honor to Pope John Paul II in 1994 and to Pope John XXIII in 1963.

這是《時代》雜誌第三次將教皇選舉爲年度人物。《時代》雜誌曾將教皇約翰·保羅二世選舉爲1994年年度人物，還曾將教皇約翰二十三世選舉爲1963年年度人物。

The Argentine pontiff - who, as archbishop of Buenos Aires was known as the slum cardinal for his visits to the poor and penchant for subway travel - beat former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and gay rights activist Edith Windsor for the award.

這位來自阿根廷的教皇是布宜諾斯艾利斯的大主教。他常常拜訪窮人，喜歡乘地鐵，因而也被人們稱爲親民紅衣主教，打敗了其他候選人當選年度人物，候選人還有前美國國家安全局僱員愛德華·斯諾登，同性戀平權提倡者伊迪斯·溫莎。

Other finalists included Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas.

其他入圍年度人物終選環節的人物還有敘利亞總統巴沙爾·阿薩德和美國德克薩斯州國會參議員克魯茲。