Table of Contents

CONTENTS
 
I FROM DON BOSCO TO THE VATICAN
The Salesian College. Love for Theology. The Gospel and Youth. The Meeting with John Paul II.
 
II A PASTOR IN LATIN AMERICA
Liberation Theology. Political Corruption. The Fight against Drug Trafficking.
 
III BENEDICT XVI’S RESIGNATION
The Vatileaks Scandal. The Conclave Debate. The IOR Scandal.
 
IV AND THEN CAME FRANCIS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
The Meeting with Bishop Bergoglio. A “Revolutionary Pope.” The Revolution of the Gospel.
 
V FRANCIS’S DREAM
A Church That “Goes Forth.” A Church That Is “Poor and for the Poor.” A “Restless Church.” The Debate on Amoris Laetitia.
 
VI “ÓSCAR, I NEED YOUR HELP”
A Council of Cardinals to Help the Pope Reform the Roman Curia. Careerism in the Church.
 
VII ONLY THE GOSPEL IS REVOLUTIONARY
The Denunciation of the “Throwaway Culture.” Attention to the Least Ones. Welcoming Immigrants.
 
VIII “NOT WALLS, BUT BRIDGES”
The Persecuted Churches. Other Christian Confessions. Dialogue as a Method In and Outside the Church.
 
IX THE MESSAGE OF MERCY
The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. The Holy Doors of the World. The Fruits of the Jubilee.
 
X WHO IS NOT MERCIFUL TO FRANCIS?
Resistance to Reform. Conservative Catholics. Toward Greater Collegiality in the Church. The Theology of the Papacy.
 
XI THE GOSPEL ON THE INTERNET
Evangelizing in the Digital Era. Two Popes on Social Media. Priests and Nuns on the Web.
 

About the Author

Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga is the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He is the current president of Caritas International and served as president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999. He entered into the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1970. He holds doctorates in philosophy, theology, and moral theology, as well as a diploma in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. He was named a bishop by Pope John Paul II in 1978 and elevated to the rank of cardinal by the same pope in 2001. Fr. Antonio Carriero, SDB, is a priest and journalist. His work has appeared in L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican Insider, and the daily Italian Catholic newspaper, Avvenire.