Hope
the autobiography
$69.59
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2025
Summary
A Life of Hope: The Autobiography of Pope Francis
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, as well as moral, social, and civic legacy that he envisioned and left for the benefit of all the men and wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593978771 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593978773 |
| Author: | Pope Francis, Carlo Musso, Richard Dixon, Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 578g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 162mm x 28mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Hope vividly recreates the colorful world where the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up.”—The New York Times
About The Author
Pope Francis
Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, son of Italian migrants, the first of five children born in the working-class barrio of Flores. He qualified as a chemical technician, graduated in philosophy in 1963, became a priest in 1969, joined the provincial of the Jesuits of Argentina in 1973, was named auxiliary bishop in 1992, archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, created cardinal in 2001, and in March 13, 2013, Bishop of Rome and the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. For 2025, the twelfth year of his papacy, Pope Francis announced a new Jubilee with the motto “Pilgrims of Hope.” The first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, he passed away on April 21, 2025.
Hope was written in collaboration with Carlo Musso and was published simultaneously in major languages in over eighty countries.
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