Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New Springtime for the Church - Softcover

Leonardo Boff

 
9781626980839: Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New Springtime for the Church

Synopsis

In choosing his name, Pope Francis was indicating an agenda, a vision, and a sense of mission. Saint Francis, the most universally beloved saint, reformed the church by imitating Christin simplicity, poverty, and love for those on the margins. The spirit of St Francis calls the Church to embrace the poor, to promote peace and adopt an ecological consciousness. In embracing these values, Pope Francis has unleashed enormous hopes. Here, Leonardo Boff, one of the leading figures of liberation theology as well as the global movement for justice and ecology, explores the connections between these two Francisesand the promise they hold for the Church and the world today.

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About the Author

Leonardo Boff spent over thirty years as a Franciscan. Because of doctrinal problems with Vatican authorities created by his book Church he left the Franciscan order and the priesthood in 1992. Since then he has served as professor of ethics at the University of Rio de Janeiro.

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