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Pope Francis - Untying the Knots: The Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism - Revised and Updated Edition (Paperback, Revised And Updated Edition)
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Pope Francis - Untying the Knots: The Struggle for the Soul of Catholicism - Revised and Updated Edition (Paperback, Revised And Updated Edition)
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A wise and perceptive portrait of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the newly
elected Bishop of Rome and 266th Pope, now in a revised and greatly
expanded new edition 'An exhaustive look at the newest pope ... a
highly worthwhile resource for Catholics and non-Catholics alike.'
Kirkus 'a superb guide into one of the most pivotal personalities
of the 21st century' Publishers Weekly Pope Francis has enchanted
and bewildered the world in equal measure with his compassion and
his contradictions. Expanding greatly on his acclaimed earlier book
Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, Paul Vallely reexamines the
complex past of Jorge Mario Bertoglio and adds nine new chapters,
revealing many untold, behind-the-scenes stories from his first
years in office that explain this Pope of paradoxes. Vallely lays
bare the intrigue and in-fighting surrounding Francis's attempt to
cleanse the scandal-ridden Vatican Bank. He unveils the ambition
and arrogance of top bureaucrats resisting the Pope's reform of the
Roman Curia, as well as the hidden opposition at the highest levels
that is preventing the Church from tackling the sex abuse crisis.
He explains the ambivalence of Pope Francis towards the role of
women in the Church, which has frustrated American Catholic women
in particular. And Vallely charts the battle lines that are being
drawn between Francis and conservatives and traditionalists talking
of schism in this struggle for the soul of the Catholic Church.
Consistently Francis has show a willingness to discuss issues
previously considered taboo, such as the ban on those who divorce
and remarry receiving Communion, his liberal instincts outraging
traditionalists in the Vatican and especially in the Church
hierarchy in the United States. At the same time, many of his
statements have reassured conservative elements that he is not, in
fact, as radical as he might appear. Behind the icon of simplicity
that Pope Francis projects is a steely and sophisticated politician
who has learned from the many mistakes of his past. The Pope with
the winning smile was previously a bitterly divisive figure. In his
decade as leader of Argentina's Jesuits left that religious order
deeply split. His behavior during Argentina's Dirty War, when
military death squads snatched innocent people from the streets,
raised serious questions. Yet after a period of exile and what he
has revealed as 'a time of great interior crisis' he underwent an
extraordinary transformation - on which Vallely sheds new and
fascinating light. The man who had been a strict conservative
authoritarian was radically converted into a listening
participative leader who became Bishop of the Slums, making enemies
among Argentina's political classes in the process. Charting
Francis's remarkable journey to the Vatican and his first years at
work there, Paul Vallely has produced a deeply nuanced and
insightful portrait of perhaps the most influential person in the
world today. 'Pope Francis,' he writes, 'has not just demonstrated
a different way of being a pope. He has shown the world a different
way of being a Catholic.'
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