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A biography of Pope Francis that will illustrate how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to test and redirect one of the world's most formidable religions. An expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The Great Reformer is approximately the intersection of faith and politics - the tension between your pope's innovative eyesight for the Church and the obstructions he faces within an institution still strongly identified by its conservative past. Based on comprehensive interviews in Argentina and many years of research of the Catholic Church, Ivereigh tells the story not only of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the amazing man whose qualifications and total dedication to the discernment of God's will transformed him into Pope Francis - but the storyline of why the Catholic Church chose him as their head. Using the Francis Revolution just start, this biography will provide never-before-explained context on how one man's ambitious program commenced - and exactly how it will likely end - via an investigation of Francis's youngsters growing up in Buenos Aires and the dramatic events during the Perón era that formed his values; his ongoing conflicts and disillusionment with the ensuing doctrines of authoritarian and militaristic authorities in the 1970s; how his Jesuit trained in Argentina and Chile offered him a distinctive understanding and advocacy for a "Church of the indegent"; and his climb from Cardinal to the papacy.
