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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional memoir to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope moved him to make this precious legacy available sooner. Now, the book stands as his testament; the spiritual, faith-filled,…

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This book provides the philosophical/spiritual underpinning to a theme present in the preceding four books. But instead of “We’re all in the same boat, so we must put rivalry aside and join hands to ensure our survival,” the Pope would say, “We are all brothers and sisters. While we may fight, we must forgive and embrace each other, for that is our destiny.”

Pope Francis saw himself as pastor of the universal church, extending his ministry to people of all faiths and even no faith. In old age and plagued by disability, he continued to seize each day to carry…

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