POPE FRANCIS IN HIS OWN WORDS
Julie Schwietert Collazo
and
Lisa Rogak
CONTENTS
On Age and Ageing
On His Appointment as Pope
On Argentina
On Argentina’s Dirty War
On Art and Artists
On Asking Catholics for Their Prayers
On Aspirations
On Assisted Suicide
On Atheists
On Baptizing the Children of Single Parents
On Beauty
On Being Chosen as Pope
On Being Right … and Wrong
On Birth Control
On Bridezilla Weddings
On Buenos Aires
On Cardinals
On Catechists
On Catholic Life
On Celibate Priests
On Character Flaws
On Child Labour
On Children
On Choices
On Choosing the Name Francis
On the Christian Life
On Christmas
On the Church
On the Church in Buenos Aires
On Church Politics
On the Church’s Emphasis on Suffering
On Cities
On Citizenship
On Civilization
On the Conclave
On Conversation
On Creativity
On Criticizing Argentina’s Leaders
On Death
On the Death of Argentinian President Néstor Kirchner
On the Death Penalty
On Democracy
On the Devil
On Dignity
On Doubt
On Drugs
On Education
On Elitism
On Evangelism
On Exclusivity
On Faith
On Family
On His Family History
On His First Tweet
On Football as a Metaphor for Life
On Foreign Business
On Forgiveness
On Fragility
On Freedom
On the Future
On Giving Money to Beggars
On Globalization
On God
On God’s Gifts
On God’s Promises
On Good Intentions
On Gossip
On His Greatest Fear
On Gurus
On Helping the Poor
On Himself
On Homilies
On Homosexuality
On Hope
On Human Beings
On Human Rights
On Human Trafficking and Slavery
On Humanity
On His Humility
On Hypocrites in the Church
On Idolatry
On Images and Information
On Immigrants and Immigration
On Indifference
On Inequality
On Injustice
On the Jesuits
On Jesus
On Jews
On Latin America
On Law
On Leadership
On Life
On Life in the Twenty-first Century
On Listening
On Love
On Lying
On Marriage
On Maturity
On the Media
On Mediocrity
On Memory
On Mercy
On His Mission as Pope
On the Mistreatment of Children
On Money
On Morals
On His Mother’s Reaction When He Joined the Priesthood
On Neoliberalism
On Parenting
On Parties and Partying
On the Past
On Paedophile Priests
On Pessimism
On Politics
On Politicians
On Pope Benedict XVI
On Possibilities
On Poverty
On Power
On Prayer
On the Priesthood
On Priests Who Stray
On Prison Visits
On Public Transportation
On Our Relationship with God
On the Relationship between Church and State
On Relativism
On Religious Diversity
On Religious Experiences
On Religious Life
On Religious Vocations
On Responsibility
On the Role of Pope
On the Roman Curia
On Rome
On Salvation
On Scandals in the Church
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