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The selection of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires in the papal election of 2013 made history in several ways: the first Latin American, the first Jesuit, the first pope ever to choose the name Francis. But these “firsts” were only the beginning of a consequential papacy of historic proportions. How did his election come about? Although a contender in the previous conclave of 2008, Cardinal Bergolio appeared on few lists of likely candidates entering the conclave of 2013. In this book, written by a top Vatican journalist, we find an inside, day-by-day account of the process that began with Pope Benedict’s XVI’s surprising retirement, and continued up to Pope Francis’s election and installation.
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Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of history in the making-- the election in 2013 of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to...
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