With his words and actions, Francis I caused a substantial change within the Church. He received an enormous popular support throughout the world and was named the Person of the Year and as the Most Powerful Person by magazines such as Time, Forbes and The New Yorker, among others. The increasing anecdotes about his humility and simple character match his actions and make it clear that the reform he proposes is not a purely figurative one.

Gérard Pantolfini is a renowned specialist in comparative religions, who has been studying the evolution of the Vatican government for years. He has been a columnist for the most important Italian and international newspapers and has written theology essays, which have been translated into several languages.