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The great reformer : Francis and the making of a radical pope / Austen Ivereigh.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection BX1378.7 .I94 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ivereigh, Austen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Francis, Pope, 1936-.
- Francis.
- Francis, Pope, 1936-2025.
- Popes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 445 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
- Summary:
- This biography of Pope Francis describes how this revolutionary thinker uses the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world's most formidable religions.
- Contents:
- Far away and long ago (1936-1957)
- The mission (1958-1966)
- Storm pilot (1967-1974)
- Crucible (1975-1979)
- The leader expelled (1980-1992)
- A bishop who smelled of sheep (1993-2000)
- Gaucho cardinal (2001-2007)
- Man for others (2008-2012)
- Conclave (2013)
- Epilogue: The great reform.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-409) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781627791571
- 1627791574
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