Francis: Man of Prayer
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First Jesuit. First Latin American. And a new pope who chose as his first act a simple request: please pray for me.
The recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took the world by surprise and for good reason. More than 600 years had passed since a pope last left his post.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is a man of prayer, a man of action, and a humble man who has always promoted others over himself. In fact, it was Bergoglio who bowed out of the running in the papal election of 2005 to facilitate the rise of Benedict XVI.
However, the new pope faces a Catholic Church in crisis—a church that has lost the media pull of John Paul II and is still hounded by pedophile scandals and the filtration of documents from former papal administrations. His first year may not be an easy one, but neither this man nor the church itself has ever shied away from the challenges thrust upon them.
Pope Francis is austere and simple but has vast theological training. He is a man of his time but one who also travels by subway and bus just like any other citizen. Tirelessly fighting poverty and marginalization, he is a beacon of hope for the poor, persecuted sectors of the church. Has a Catholic spring finally arrived after a very long winter?
Francis is the complete biography of a humble man who has suddenly become one of the most powerful and influential men on the planet.
Mario Escobar
Mario Escobar, novelista, historiador y colaborador habitual de National Geographic Historia, ha dedicado su vida a la investigación de los grandes conflictos humanos. Sus libros han sido traducidos a más de doce idiomas, convirtiéndose en bestsellers en países como los Estados Unidos, Brasil, China, Rusia, Italia, México, Argentina y Japón. Es el autor más vendido en formato digital en español en Amazon.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is a man of prayer, a man of action, and a humble man who has always promoted others over himself. In fact, it was Bergoglio who bowed out of the running in the papal election of 2005 to facilitate the rise of Benedict XVI. The recent resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took the world by surprise and for good reason. More than 600 years had passed since a pope last left his post. And quite a surprise to many, including the international media was the appointment of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Mario Escobar serves us with a well-written introduction on the backgrounds of this Argentine with Italian parents. Relying on external sources, interviews Bergoglio gave to the media before becoming pope and books the now pope wrote, Escobar has just enough to fill Francis: Man of Prayer with lessons from Bergoglio’s youth, questions on his relationship with the Videla regime, his theology, his forming years as a Jesuit and his raise in the hierarchy of the Latin American branch of the Roman Catholic.His first request as pope: please pray for me. He needs our prayers everyday, since he has to finish the work his predecessor began bringing paedophilic priests to justice and therapy. Francis’ next challenge is to counter the secularization and diminishing amounts of Catholics around the world. The “vatileaks”, leakage of documents from former papal administrations is a third one to stop. Francis will definitely gather his own team of trusted staff. Last, but not least there are theological issues (care for the poor instead of a bias towards teachings only; interfaith dialogue).Where Ratzinger only ended up with a Twitter avccount, Francis is more a man of his time, but one who also travels by subway and bus just like any other citizen. The “pope mobile” isn’t used anymore. Francis is a beacon of hope for the poor, persecuted sectors of the church. What will it mean for Roman Catholicism? Meet a humble man who has come one of the most powerful and influential men on earth. For a (definite) biography the material lacks substance.