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    Life: My Story Through History
    Life: My Story Through History
    Life: My Story Through History
    Audiobook6 hours

    Life: My Story Through History

    Written by Pope Francis

    Narrated by Stephen Colbert and Father John Quigley

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    Audiobook read by Stephen Colbert and Father John Quigley

    For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history—from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today. 

    An extraordinary personal and historical journey, Life is the story of a man and a world in dramatic change. Pope Francis recalls his life through memories and observations of the most significant occurrences of the past eight decades. The book opens with three-year-old Jorge in the kitchen with his mother in Argentina as World War II breaks out, and he goes on to witness several historic events:

    •         the fall of the Berlin Wall
    •         Videla’s coup in Argentina
    •         the moon landing in 1969
    •         and even the 1986 World Cup in which Maradona scored the unforgettable “hand of God” goal.

    Here are the frank assessments and intimate insights of a pastor reflecting on the Nazi extermination of the Jews, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 2001 terrorist attack on America and the collapse of the Twin Towers, the great economic recession of 2008, the Covid-19 pandemic, the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, and the subsequent conclave that elected him Pontiff.

    The “pope callejero” recounts these world-changing moments with the candor and compassion that distinguishes him, and offers important messages on major crises confronting us now, including social inequalities, climate change, international war, atomic weapons, racial discrimination, and the battles over social and cultural issues.

    Translated from the Italian by Aubrey Botsford

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 19, 2024
    ISBN9780063387560
    Life: My Story Through History
    Author

    Pope Francis

    Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the 8th century papacy of Syrian pope Gregory III.

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