To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of

To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

A New York Times columnist and one of Americaâ€™s leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francisâ€™s efforts to change the church he governs.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francisâ€™s stewardship of the Church, while perceived as a revelation by many, has provoked division throughout the world. â€œIf a conclave were to be held today,â€ one Roman source told The New Yorker, â€œFrancis would be lucky to get ten votes.â€

In To Change the Church, Douthat explains why the particular debate Francis has openedâ€”over communion for the divorced and the remarriedâ€”is so dangerous: How it cuts to the heart of the larger argument over how Christianity should respond to the sexual revolution and modernity itself, how it promises or threatens to separate the church from its own deep past, and how it divides Catholicism along geographical and cultural lines. Douthat argues that the Francis era is a crucial experiment for all of Western civilization, which is facing resurgent external enemies (from ISIS to Putin) even as it struggles with its own internal divisions, its decadence, and self-doubt. Whether Francis or his critics are right wonâ€™t just determine whether he ends up as a hero or a tragic figure for Catholics. It will determine whether heâ€™s a hero, or a gambler whoâ€™s betraying both his church and his civilization into the hands of its enemies.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781501146923
ReleaseDate 2018-03-27
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EANs 9781501146923

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781501146923
ReleaseDate	2018-03-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501146923

To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

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