Pope Francis launched two autobiographies in his last year of life; Know

The Holy Father died on Monday 21 April, at the age of 88. He published two books with important revelations about his life and papacy

THE Pope Franciswho died on Monday 21 April at the age of 88, published two Autobiographical books In his last year of life, with revelations on his creation in Argentina, the election of the papacy and more.

Life: my story through history He was launched in Brazil by Harpercollins in April 2024. The work was written in collaboration with the journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, through interviews he gave Italian for months.

In addition to the historical facts of the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the work reveals the Holy Father’s opinion on the recent issues of relevance of the world, such as the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the election of Argentine President Javier Milei and the question of blessing for homosexual couples, authorized by the Vatican since the end of 2023.

“I think many words, many gestures of Pope cannot be understood if we don’t know before, who was Father Bergoglio,” said Ragona in an interview with Estadão On the book. In it, the Pope still makes personal revelations: he had a girl and fell in love again when he was a seminarian.

Pope Francis’ last autobiography is entitled Hope And he was released in February of this year by Fontanar Publishing. Written with the Italian author Carlo Museum, the book also presents revelations and photos of the personal collection of the religious leader. The work would have been published only after the Pope’s death, but Francisco changed his mind on the launch.

The pontiff revealed that he did not think he was elected in the conclave of 2013, but that a speech held during the electoral process may have been the decisive factor for his choice. At that time, when the church lived a moment of crisis after the resignation of Benedict XVI, he believed that no cardinal could deny the papacy.

In another extract relevant from the book, Francis recalls his historical journey to Iraq in 2021, the first made by a Pope in the country massively Islamic and reveals that the men of the bombs planned to attack him, but were killed before they were able to realize the attack.

Life: my story through history

• Authors: Papa Francisco and Fabio Marchese Ragona
• Publisher: Harpercollins (304 pages; R $ 49.90 | E-book: R $ 9.95)

Hope: autobiography

• Authors: Pope Francisco and Carlo Musso
• Publisher: Fontanar (368 pages; R $ 54.90 | E-book: R $ 29.90)

Source: Terra

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