On heaven and Earth

Pope Francis on faith, family, and the church in the twenty-first century

236 pages

English language

Published Oct. 2, 2013

ISBN:
978-0-7704-3506-6
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OCLC Number:
832278132

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For years Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Argentina-- now Pope Francis-- and Rabbi Abraham Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges among Catholicism, Judaism, and the world at large. This work, originally published in Argentina in 2010, brings together a series of these conversations where both men talked about various theological and worldly issues, including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and globalization.

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This audio book was not very good. It may have been poorly translated from Spanish, but I am uncertain. returnreturnIt is basically just a conversation between then a Cardinal from Burnouses Ares Argentina (now Pope Francis) and an Argentinian Rabbi. And by basically I mean completely. No additional information, not even a "He said '...' and then he said '...'...." The two readers have voices that are not internally dissimilar which makes following which character is speaking difficult. returnreturnThe first several discs were a whole lot of really non-important stuff. Don't kill people. Abortion is bad. Don't hate the would be mother, hate the murderous "doctor" etc. returnreturnOne thing that is clear, is that Pope Francis is not the "most Progressive Pope in history" that the liberal media tries to show us. Such lines as "I disagree every child deserves the right to a female mother and a male father" …

Subjects

  • Doctrines
  • Judaism and politics
  • Judaism and social problems
  • Church and social problems
  • Christianity and politics
  • Theology
  • Judaism
  • Catholic Church

Places

  • Argentina