The future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis

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Label

The future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis

Statement of responsibility

Garry Wills

Creator

• Wills, Garry, 1934-

Subject

• Catholic Church -- Forecasting
• Change -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
• Francis, Pope, 1936- -- Influence

Language

eng

Summary

Garry Wills argues that changes have been the evidence of life in the Catholic Church. It has often changed, sometimes with bad consequences, more often with good, good enough to make it perdure.He gives seven examples of deep and serious changes that have taken place (or are taking place) within the last century. None of them was effected by the pope all by himself. As Wills contends, it is only by examining the history of the Church that we can understand Pope Francis's and the Church's challenges, and, as history shows, any changes that meet those challenges will have impact only if the Church, the people of God, support them. In reading the Church's history, Wills considers the lessons Pope Francis seems to have learned. The challenge that Pope Francis offers the Church is its ability to undertake new spiritual adventures, making it a poor church for the poor, after the example of Jesus

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

282.09/051201

Index

index present

LC call number

BX1378.7

LC item number

.W55 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography