These "pope as savior" articles (as if the whole human race depends on what the pope says or where he visits) are a bit much.  "hopes shattered"!  Our hope isn't in the pope, or Obama, it's in Jesus Christ.

At bottom...they reinforce a disturbing "clericalism" by "training" people that the pope is a linchpin in every single action the Church takes.

Just as EWTN over does "clerical" topics...NCR does as well.  A strange similarity between these two news organs, as much as fans of one seem to detest the other.