Pope Francis
Subtitle: his life and thought
By: Mario I. Aguilar
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780718842314; 9780718842338; 9780718893422
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Spiritual life; Catholic Church; RELIGION; Christianity; Catholic; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Religious
Description: The election of Pope Francis in March 2013 marked an important moment within the Roman Catholic Church, a moment of continuities and discontinuities. On the one hand he is the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be elected to lead his Church; on the other hand he provides continuity through a focus on the needs of the poor that goes back to John XXIII and Vatican II. A traditional thinker, theologically speaking, since being elected he has spoken repeatedly of the need for the Church to be poor and to serve the poor. This is the first biography of the Pope to analyse his life and thoug.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Front cover; Title page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Son of Immigrants to Jesuit: 1936-1971; 2. The Military and the 'Dirty War'; 3. From Auxiliary Bishop to Cardinal; 4. From Archbishop to Cardinal; 5. The Nation, the Poor and Others; 6. Meditations on Poverty and Other Faiths; 7. Conclusions; Post Script; Bibliography; Back cover.