{"product_id":"francis-a-pope-for-our-time-the-definitve-biography","title":"Francis: A Pope for our Time The Definitive Biography | Luis Rosales \u0026 Daniel Olivera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe  Catholic Church has been undoubtedly going through a period of \u003cbr\u003eprofound  crisis. Endless scandals and conspiracies have plagued the \u003cbr\u003eChurch in  recent years, and with resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in \u003cbr\u003eFebruary  2013, the Catholic community was left in dire need of \u003cbr\u003edirection and  spiritual renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchbishop Jorge Bergoglio, elected to Saint Peter’s Throne on March \u003cbr\u003e 13, 2013, in one of the briefest conclaves in history, represents a  \u003cbr\u003erekindled sense of hope for the Church’s 1.2 billion followers. The  \u003cbr\u003efirst Jesuit to occupy the papacy, Pope Francis I is also the first pope\u003cbr\u003e  ever to hail from the Americas, and has inspired an enormous sense of \u003cbr\u003e pride, especially among Latin Americans and his native Argentina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis: A Pope for Our Time, The Definitive Biography incisively\u003cbr\u003e  chronicles Pope Francis’ ancestry, youth, call to faith, humble  \u003cbr\u003ebeginnings with the Society of Jesus, and rise through Argentina’s  \u003cbr\u003eecclesiastical ranks, all the way to the Vatican. The book emphasizes  \u003cbr\u003eHis Holiness’ Jesuit background of humility, poverty, and service that  \u003cbr\u003estands to reform the Vatican’s long history of lavish excess and removed\u003cbr\u003e  otherworldly style of leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis concise biography also details Jorge Bergoglio’s coming of age  \u003cbr\u003eduring the Peronist years, the challenges he faced throughout  \u003cbr\u003eArgentina’s brutal military dictatorship, as well as his political  \u003cbr\u003estance against the progressive policies of the Kirchners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as the “Black Pope” (for his Jesuit garb), the “Pope of the  \u003cbr\u003ePoor,” and the “Third World Pope,” such monikers exemplify Pope Francis’\u003cbr\u003e  original and primary mandate: his pastoral commitment to society’s \u003cbr\u003emost  underprivileged and disenfranchised. His dedication to \u003cbr\u003einterreligious  dialogue, accessibility to his community, and rejection \u003cbr\u003eof pomp in favor  of simplicity promises to bring real-world leadership \u003cbr\u003eto a modern  Church desperate to emerge from old-world precepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674911183163,"sku":"163006002X","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9933503482768.jpg?v=1761279365","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/francis-a-pope-for-our-time-the-definitve-biography","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}