Pope shows on life and death in narrative

Francis states he still has ‘many tasks to bring to fulfillment, God prepared’ Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his weekly basic audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on March13 Photo: Reuters) VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, at 87 progressively weak and unsteady, takes a journey down memory lane and speaks of his hopes for the future of the Roman Catholic Church in a brand-new book showing on his life and its crossway with significant world occasions. Life — My Story Through History, a narrative composed with Italian reporter Fabio Marchese Ragona and released by HarperCollins, will go on sale on March 19, the 11th anniversary of Francis’ setup as the veryfirst Latin American pope. While offering little that is brand-new, the 230-page book is a breezy, conversational-style read beginning with his youth in Buenos Aires to today. It is stressed by occasions consistingof World War II, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the 1969 Moon landing, the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, the Sept 11, 2001 attacks and the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in2013 Francis, whose health justrecently hasactually revealed indications of stress with succeeding bouts of bronchitis, a wave of medicalfacility remains and problem strolling, repeats that he has no intent of resigning like his predecessor unless “a severe physical obstacle were to emerge”.
Read More.