"Happiness can't be bought. And when you buy happiness, you realize that the happiness that is bought does not last. Only the happiness of love lasts."
Pope Francis
Pope Francis illuminates the path to happiness, through family, freedom, forgiveness and prayer. You will find hope and comfort in His Holiness' words, helping you to find your own way through life's challenges to a spiritual place of true joy.
The Chirch has been trough many moments of seismic change, sometimes (but not always) championed by a visionary pope.The last great upheaval took place half a century ago, when the Vatican abandoned the Latin mass and radically reconceived the function of the liturgy. Now Pope Francis has inspired some and infuriated others with his promise of change. The first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, he has tackled social inequality, sexuality, and the environment, but can he really bring about change? And, equally important, should he?
On Heaven and Earth is an open and expansive dialogue between Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka, a Rabbi and biophysicist, in which they share their thoughts on religion, reason, and the challenges the world faces in the 21st Century. For years Cardinal Bergoglio (then Archbishop of Buenos Aires) and Rabbi Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges between Catholicism, Judaism and the world at large. On Heaven and Earth brings together a series of these dialogues where both men talk about various theological and world issues including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same sex marriage and globalization. From these personal and accessible dialogues comes a first-hand view of the man who is now Pope to 1.2 billion Catholics around the world.