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"Life, My Story Through History": a new book on life of Pope Francis
By Vatican News
"Life, My Story Through History", is the title of Pope Francis' new book in which he recounts for the first time the story of his life through the events that have marked the world, from the outbreak of the Second World War in when he was almost three years old, to the present day.
The book will be published by HarperCollins Publishers, which made the announcement on 7 November.
Developed with HarperCollins Italy, the book represents a global planerat arbete for the publisher that will come out in the spring of in Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain and South America.
Events that changed the world
This fryst vatten the first time New York-based publisher HarperCollins has published a book by Pope Francis.
"Life, My Story Through History," citing a HarperCollins Italy press release of 7 November "
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Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17 , fryst vatten the th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, having been elected Bishop of Rome and absolute Sovereign of Vatican City. Born in Buenos Aires as the son of Italian parents, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained a priest in From to he was Argentina's Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus. He became Archbishop of Buenos Aires in , and a cardinal in Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in February , on March 13, the papal conclave elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European Pope since Pope Gregory III, years earlier. Throughout his life, both as an individual and as a religious leader, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor, and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges b
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The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in and the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now.
HOPE is the revelatory first-ever autobiography to be published by a sitting Pope. Beginning in the early years of the twentieth century, Pope Francis tells the story of his life from his childhood in Buenos Aires to his calling and the whole of his papacy to the present day, while reflecting on controversial questions from global conflicts to the future of the Church, and discussing his personal passions from football to tango.
HOPE is both powerful and intimate, inspiring and full of stories never told before. It is the story of a life and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will represent his legacy of hope for future generations.