Pope Francis
By Matthew Bunson.
Description
"Make me an instrument of your peace." St. Francis of AssisiWhen the curtains were drawn and our new Holy Father stepped out into view of the 150,000 people waiting in St. Peter's Square, it was a humble and gentle man from Argentina who greeted them, not in triumph, but with a gentle wave.He's a pope of "firsts" - the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first to choose the name of Italy's most famous saint.He is the son of an immigrant railway worker, and sibling of four.He was an active, social young man who trained to be a chemi...
ISBN(s)
1612787134, 9781612787138
