GQ's Jim Nelson Nominates Pope Francis Holy Man of the Year

In his editor’s letter in GQ’s annual Men of the Year issue, editor-in-chief Jim Nelson nominates Pope Francis as ‘Holy Man of the Year’ alongside Chris Pratt, Dave Chappelle and Michael Sam, who all received various nods for their accomplishments in 2014. 

“He’s kind, humane, engaged, not like that last grump who walked off the job,” writes Nelson of Pope Francis. “Did you know he tweets? He tweets! If you need a break from all the snark in the world, follow his feed.” But, writes Nelson, “The real reason I’m declaring Him our Holy Man of the Year is that he’s trying to push the Catholic Church into the twenty-first century, where it doesn’t seem to want to live, trying to open its creaky leaden doors to the realities of the world. And here’s the doctrinal shocker: Francis doesn’t think divorced people, or couples shacking up together, or gays and lesbians are evil.”