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His Holiness Pope Francis, Antonio Spadaro

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English

Continuum
01 October 2018

Religion & beliefs; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian leaders & leadership

In this follow up to My Door Is Always Open, Pope Francis expands further on his vision for the Church and the World in the future. Pope Francis’s impact on the modern world is extraordinary. It is no surprise that he was voted Time Magazine Man of the Year – along with Martin Luther King and JFK. He has turned the Catholic Church upside-down, flung open the windows of the Vatican and purged the Augean stables of corruption, simony, nepotism and financial skulduggery. But above all he is engaged with the poor, the starving and the marginalised. Where there are trouble spots in the world, he goes and invariably people say his visits change everything. At the end of this month he is heading for Burma.

Unlike his predecessor, he does not sit down in a room in the Vatican and write learned books. He is in constant dialogue with the outside world and with the universal Catholic Church. He likes being asked questions and finds it easy to respond. In this new book are some of his most valuable engagements in dialogue form with people of all sorts and kinds. On the one hand, there is included his most recent engagement with Jesuits in Colombia – priests who are fighting the drug barons and fighting for human rights. In another lengthy piece, he talks about the inspiration of scripture, in a way which shows how this is a living source of inspiration.

The Franciscan revolution is under way and in spite of his vehement critics the revolution will roll on and new horizons will be opened for the one and a half billion Catholics in the world today.

By: His Holiness Pope Francis, Antonio Spadaro
Imprint: Continuum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 266g
ISBN: 9781472959010
ISBN 10: 1472959019
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) was born in Buenos Aires in 1936, the son of a railwayman. He joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) at the age of 21 and was ordained a priest in 1969. He was elected Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001 with the title of cardinal priest of San Roberto Bellarmino. He was elected the 266th Pope in March 2013. Antonio Spadaro was born in Sicily in 1966. After graduating from Messina University he joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He earned a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he now teaches at the Theological Faculty. In 2011 he was appointed Consultor of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Council of Social Communication by Pope Benedict XVI. He currently lives in Rome where he is the director of the long-standing periodical La Civilta Cattolica.