“Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life and is the thread that holds together this long narrative, even in the pages in which he recounts true horrors,” commented ...

a 13-book account of his life that is considered a seminal text in Renaissance humanism. Pope Francis is also not the first pope to share his life story. As a cardinal, the late Joseph Ratzinger ...

That honor belongs to Pope Pius II’s 15th Century chronicles, “The Commentaries,” a 13-book account of his life that is considered a seminal text in Renaissance humanism. Francis is also not ...

Pope Francis also discusses his health and asserts again that he has never thought of resigning, although like his predecessors he had prepared a letter early in his pontificate offering his ...

Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II represented. In Catholic theological terms, St. Pope John Paul II and Benedict ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Hope is a book that combines an account of Pope Francis’ life with his musings on faith, love, poverty, migrants, women, gay people ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to Italy and the Holy See in April, with the tour including a meeting ...