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This is a pope I want to agree with. He behaves and writes empathetically and behaves with what seems like huge care and humility, which goes a long way. Within the confines of Catholic theology, he comes across as a reformer, perhaps even a radical, disavowing the pomp of the Vatican and, from the outside at least, trying to build bridges with those who may have felt alienated from the church in preceding years.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham Skorka, On Heaven and Earth (New York City, Image, 2013), 12–13.
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Katie Van Schaijik, “Personalism Is the Key to Understanding Pope Francis,” National Catholic Register (5 November 2014). http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/personalism-is-the-key-to-understanding-pope-francis.
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Augustine, On Trinity, 231 [VII.4.12]; Genesis 1:26.
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Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, The Jeweler’s Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony Passing on Occasion Into a Drama (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1992). First published in 1960.
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Bergoglio and Skorka, On Heaven, 219–220.
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Nathan Guttman, “Why Jews Believe Pope Feels Bond in his Kishkes,” The Forward (18 September 2015). https://forward.com/news/321101/why-pope-francis-has-an-unlikely-jewish-fan-club/.
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Ibid.
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Debbie Young-Somers, “A Jewish Theology Embracing Difference,” in Deep Calls to Deep: Transforming Conversations Between Jews and Christians, ed. Tony Bayfield (London: SCM Press, 2017).
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Reuters (12 July 2015). https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-latam-paraguay-idUSKCN0PL0Q420150712.
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Laudato Si’, 9.
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Ibid., 12.
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Ibid., 13.
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Young-Somers, D. (2018). On Donkey Drivers, Interreligious Dialogue, and Shared Tasks: A Jewish Response to Pope Francis on Interreligious Relations and Collaboration. In: Kasimow, H., Race, A. (eds) Pope Francis and Interreligious Dialogue. Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96095-1_4
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