| Description |
xx, 151 pages : illustration ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
A Time for Mercy -- The Gift of Confession -- Looking for the Smallest Opening -- A Sinner, Like Simon Peter -- Too Much Mercy? -- Shepherds, Not Scholars of the Law -- Sinners Yes, Corrupt No -- Mercy and Compassion -- Living the Holy Year of Mercy. |
| Summary |
Drawing on his own experience as a priest and shepherd for his book, Pope Francis discusses mercy, a subject of central importance in his teaching and testimony, and in addition sums up other ideas reconciliation, the closeness of God that comprise the heart of his papacy. Written in conversation with Vatican expert and La Stampa journalist Andrea Tornielli, it is directed at everyone, inside or outside of the Catholic Church, seeking meaning in life, a road to peace and reconciliation, or the healing of physical or spiritual wounds. |
| Language |
Translated from the Italian by Oonagh Stransky. |
| Subject |
Francis, Pope, 1936- -- Interviews.
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Mercy.
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| Genre |
Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Tornicelli, Andrea, interviewer.
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Stransky, Oonagh, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780399588631 |
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0399588639 |
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