By using modern technology, the Pope reached out to the world in a manner never before seen for a leader of the Catholic Church. He visited a record 120 nations and was seen in person by millions. By church standards his term was extraordinary. He was the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years. He served the third-longest term in papal history. He also reached out to the Jewish and Muslim faiths like no other Pope. He apologized for the church’s anti-Semitic past and became the first Pope to enter a mosque. And his views will be long felt inside the church. He has appointed all but three of the Cardinals who will soon be meeting in private to pick his successor.