"The Church will not be the same after Francis. There may be some partial pushback in terms of it being more open, understanding and austere, but its imprint will endure." The statement belongs to Francesca Ambrogetti and Sergio Rubin, perhaps the journalists who know the Argentine pope best.
They said this in the presentation at the Book Fair of El Pastor: Challenges, reasons and reflections of Francis on his pontificate, product of a series of conversations with the Pope throughout his papacy, during a dialogue with journalist Nelson Castro.
The pastor summarizes everything the pope did in the first ten years to combat the scourge of sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy and to make Vatican finances transparent, two major concerns of the cardinals in the debates leading up to his election.
"El Pastor", by Francesca Ambrogetti and Sergio Rubin (Ediciones B, $6,799 paper; $1,200 ebook).
Francis also exposes his efforts in favor of a more open and understanding Church in the face of diverse human realities, as well as the resistance he encounters in sectors of the Church itself to aspects of his pontificate.
Definitions on capitalism and finance, the role of women in the Church, migrations and the environmental crisis, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, are among the topics addressed by Francis.
It also includes a chapter on Argentina in which he responds to questions in political matters that are usually asked, a questionnaire of personal aspects and a series of unpublished family photos.
Certainly, the question about a possible trip of the Pope to Argentina, the authors considered that "the probability grew" that he will come at the beginning of next year.
Ambrogetti and Rubin were the authors of The Jesuit, the book of conversations with Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio that became a world bestseller after his election as pope.
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