On
March 13, 2013, the world watched as the announcement was made, “Habemus Papam!” Cheers of joy went up among those standing in
the cold rain in St. Peter’s square. And
then, as we learned that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was going to be our new pope,
there was one, big collective, “Who?”
Cardinal Bergoglio was not someone that most
people were familiar with. He had not
been on any of the prognosticators’ short lists. In his first address, even Pope Francis
himself commented that his fellow cardinals had come to the end of the earth to
find him. And so, this summer, we are
promoting the book On Heaven and Earth in order to give us all a chance to get to
know our new pontiff better.
Each chapter of the book covers a different
topic: God, the devil, atheism, religions and religious leaders, the Disciples,
prayer, guilt, fundamentalism, death, euthanasia, the elderly, women, abortion,
divorce, same-sex marriage, science, education, politics and power, communism
and capitalism, globalization, money, poverty, the Holocaust, the 1970’s, the
Arab-Israeli conflict, interreligious dialogue, and the future of
religion. And while you may initially be
inspired to read the book to learn what the new pope has to say, you’ll be
equally intrigued by the insightful and thoughtful responses by Rabbi Skorka as
well.
To steal from the old Minnesota Twins ad
campaign—
The new Catholic
pontiff, Pope Francis. Get to know him!
From now until August 31, On Heaven and Earth will be available for purchase at St. Patrick's Book & Gift for 20% off the regular retail price.
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