Hope the autobiography
"Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his child...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
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New York :
Random House,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | "Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297). |
| ISBN: | 9780593978771 0593978773 |
| Author Notes: | He was ordained a Catholic Priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979, was Argentina's Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and was created a Cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on February 28, 2013, Bergoglio was elected as his successor by a papal enclave. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope from the Americas and the first no-European Pope since Pope Gregory III in 741. The Church of Mercy was collected from Pope Francis's speeches, homilies and papers presented during the first year of his papacy. and details his vision for the Catholic Church. (Bowker Author Biography) |
