EAN: 9780063387522

LIFE - POPE FRANCIS GEBUNDEN

For the first time  Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous
world events that have changed history—from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War
II in 1939 to the turmoil of today. An extraordinary personal and historical journey  Life is
the story of a man and a world in dramatic change. Pope Francis recalls his life through
memories and observations of the most significant occurrences of the past eight decades  from
the Holocaust to the fall of the Berlin Wall  Videla’s coup in Argentina to the moon landing in
1969  and even the 1986 World Cup in which Maradona scored the unforgettable hand of God” goal.
Here are the frank assessments and intimate insights of a pastor reflecting on the Nazi
extermination of the Jews  the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki  the 2001 terrorist
attack on America and the collapse of the Twin Towers  the great economic recession of 2008 
the Covid-19 pandemic  the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI  and the subsequent conclave that
elected him Pontiff. The pope callejero” recounts these world-changing moments with the candor
and compassion that distinguishes him  and offers important messages on major crises
confronting us now  including social inequalities  climate change  international war  atomic
weapons  racial discrimination  and the battles over social and cultural issues. Translated
from the Italian by Aubrey Botsford

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