Francis: The Pope's Bold Message Comes to America

by John L. Allen Jr., Nancy Gibbs (editor), Roe D'Angelo (editor)

In September, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s dynamic leader, will visit the U.S. John L. Allen, the most respected journalist covering the Vatican today, prepares readers for the arrival of this spontaneous and authentic Pope. While Francis is neither a political conservative nor a liberal, he has clear and controversial positions on such issues as immigration, the environment and abortion. The core of this pope’s agenda is to reorient the Catholic Church in new, decisive directions.

95 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

John L. Allen, Jr. (born 1965) is an American journalist serving as associate editor of the website Crux: Covering all things Catholic, specializing in news about the Catholic Church in partnership with the Catholic fraternal organization the Knights of Columbus.
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Reviews

[Q · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good book. I added this book to Goodreads myself a while back. The analysis of Pope Francis' policies, tendencies, and discussion of his future actions are all very detailed and quite objective compared to news. The author clearly supports many of Francis' policies and hopes them to last, and lays out a coherent argument for his point. And, along the way, I learned several words such as archdiocese and cardinal.