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Embracing the Way of Jesus is a book of reflections from Pope Francis on what it really means to be a disciple of Jesus today, and how that identity should guide our every thought and action.
Format: Paperback Vendor: Loyola Press Publication Date: 2016 | Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches) ISBN: 0829444890 ISBN-13: 9780829444896 |
Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), is the first Latin American to be elected to the chair of Peter. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. He served as head of the Society of Jesus in Argentina from 1973 to 1979. In 1998 he became the archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, February 28, 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. He is the first pope to be a Jesuit and to come from the Americas.
James P. Campbell, DMin, father of two children and grandfather of six, is a religious educator and author. He is the coauthor of the Finding God religious education program, published by Loyola Press, and the general editor of the Haper's New American Bible Study Program. He has master's degrees in theology and history and a doctorate in ministry in Christian education from the Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Loyus. He is the staff theologian at Loyola Press.