COSTELLO: Good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thanks so much for joining me. This morning, "Time" magazine has unveiled its "Person of the Year" and it is Pope Francis. After just nine months on the job, the pope has captured the world's attention and not just from Catholics. The pope has embraced the poor, downtrodden and disfigured. He's challenged the Catholic establishment. Look who he was up against. "Time" magazine announced Edward Snowden was number two. Edith Windsor from the Supreme Court same-sex marriage case was number three, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad was number four and Republican Senator Ted Cruz came in at number five. Joining us now "Time" magazine's Deputy Managing Editor Radhika Jones. Good morning, Radhika.</s>RADHIKA JONES, DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR, "TIME" MAGAZINE: Good morning.</s>COSTELLO: How close was the vote?</s>JONES: It was a really tough choice this year with Pope Francis and Edward Snowden. You have two people with an interesting amount in common, if you think about it. They are both totally new to the global stage. We had auto heard of Pope Francis really before nine months ago and Edward Snowden, of course, came out of nowhere with his NSA leaks. They are people who opened up conversations that are so important related to the way we live now. Snowden about technology and surveillance and privacy and the pope, as you said, about poverty and inequality and kind of global attention to people who have been overlooked.
Pope Francis Is "Time's" Person Of The Year