The Pope Is Time Magazine's Person Of The Year

"He took the name of a humble saint and then called for a church of healing. The septuagenarian superstar is poised to transform a place that measures change by the century," Time stated on its website.

"It was a very interesting choice this year," said managing editor Nancy Gibbs Wednesday.

The magazine staff makes the ultimate decision, Gibbs said, but they poll readers and take public opinion into account.

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Time magazine named Pope Francis its "Person of the Year" for 2013, calling him the people's pope and citing his humble acts and potential to transform the Catholic Church.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told TODAY in a statement that "the Holy Father is not looking to become famous or to receive honors. But if the choice of Person of Year helps spread the message of the gospel — a message of God's love for everyone — he will certainly be happy about that."

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The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked Time Magazine’s Person of The Year Poll. Making it the second time this year the poll has been hacked. (Two researchers found a way to make fake accounts and vote for Miley Cyrus).

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In its Time’s Person of the Year poll, the magazine described the Syrian President as, ‘Bashar Assad: Syria’s ruler presided over a bloody year, shrugging off international concerns over the use of chemical weapons as the death toll of his country’s civil war eclipsed 100,000.’

The SEA has tweeted from TIME’s official account: “Syrian Electronic Army was here via @Official_SEA16. Next time write a better word about the Syrian president #SEA”.

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In next tweet they said they have stopped time person of the year Voting until, Time changes description of President Al-Assad on the website.

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It appears the general public believe Miley Cyrus' contribution to the public discourse to be more significant than, well, anybody else's on earth.

As of Wednesday, Cyrus had 28% of the vote for the person who "most influenced the news this year for better or worse".

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Miley Cyrus has relentlessly twerked her way into the zeitgeist -- and maybe even our hearts. And now she could be Time magazine’s person of the year for 2013.

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A pair of programmers are trying to make a mockery of the Poptip poll by claiming that they've rigged it to cast multiple votes for Cyrus, according to The Daily Dot.

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"Time and Poptip are aware of the efforts to affect the results of the Person of the Year poll, and have measures in place so that only legitimate votes are being incorporated in the final tally," a Time spokesperson told Mashable.

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If Cyrus ends up winning this year’s poll, do you think Time will honor her with the cover? Or will they be too busy trying to figure out how to strengthen their voting platform against vote-rigging in time for 2014?

The last woman to win the cover was Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, in 1986.

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The new Twerking craze – which Cyrus is mainly responsible for propagating and promoting – doesn’t exactly send a great message to teens who are anyway struggling with their sexuality as they reach puberty and maturity.

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The controversy sparked by her raunchy display set Twitter ablaze and left other countless viewers stunned. Brooke Shields, who played Miley’s mother on Hannah Montana, called the performance ‘desperate.’