POPE FRANCIS

Book ID/图书代码： 13B62803

English Summary/英文概要： The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope took the world – and most of the Church – by surprise. Very few people had ever heard of the man who was proclaimed the first pope from the global South, the first Jesuit, and the first to take the name Francis – indicating his intention to transform the cultured insularity of the Rome of Benedict XVI into ‘a poor Church, for the poor’. From his first appearance on the balcony of St Peter’s he has proved himself a Pope of Surprises. In a series of potent gestures he declared a mission to restore authenticity, simplicity and humility to a Church bedevilled by sex abuse and secrecy, clericalism and cover-ups, intrigue and in-fighting, greed and glory-seeking, ambition and arrogance. But this modest man with a winning smile, who dislikes status and excess, is surrounded by controversy of other kinds. For Pope Francis – Untying the Knots, Paul Vallely travelled to Argentina and Rome to uncover a story of political manoeuvring which has left the Jesuits still bitterly divided over Bergoglio’s leadership. He offers new insights into the serious questions raised over the cleric’s behaviour during Argentina’s Dirty War when death squads snatched thousands of innocent people from the streets during the military dictatorship. Yet Vallely chronicles in detail how the same man went on, as Bishop of the Slums, to champion the poor of his nation’s drug-plagued jobless shanty-towns. As Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio restored the self-esteem of the slum-dwellers, making enemies among Argentina’s political classes along the way. He is now bringing change in Rome too, where behind the scenes he is already unnerving the clerical careerists.
Untying the Knots lays bare a pope of paradox – a man who is a radical but not a liberal, an enabler with an authoritarian streak, a self-confident man in constant need of forgiveness, who combines religious humility and political guile. In this perceptive portrait Paul Vallely uncovers the hidden past of Jorge Mario Bergoglio and illuminates the kind of pope Francis will become.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 豪尔赫•马里奥•伯格里奥被选为新教皇，这让大多数的教会感到惊讶。几乎没有人听说过这个人，这也是第一次有来自圣公会南半球联盟的成员当选为教皇，第一耶稣，他也是首个名为弗朗西斯的教皇——这也表明他有意将罗马教宗本笃十六世的偏狭的斯文人的教义转变为“为穷人服务的穷教会”。他首次在圣彼得大教堂的亮相已经证明了他决意令人惊讶。他极具说服力地比划着，要还原被性虐待和隐蔽，教权主义和掩饰真相，阴谋和内斗，贪婪和寻求荣耀，野心和傲慢所困扰的教会的真实、朴素和谦逊。这个带着胜利微笑的谦逊的男人不喜欢地位和没有节制，这反倒导致他现在被各种争议所包围。为了这本关于教皇弗朗西斯的书《解开疙瘩》，保罗•维勒里前往阿根廷和罗马揭开一段政治阴谋，这让那些离开耶稣会的人仍然不满伯格里奥的统治。他对在牧师的行为方面出现的越来越多的问题提出了新的见解。问题的根源出现在阿根廷的肮脏战争时期，军事独裁导致数以千计的无辜人民死在敢死队的手上。维勒里详细的记述了这个来自贫民窟的主教如何的前进，保护着他那被毒品侵扰的国家。作为布宜诺斯艾利斯的红衣大主教，伯格里奥让贫民窟居民重拾自尊，同时在前进的道路上不断地在阿根廷的政治阶层之间树敌。他现在也给罗马带来了改变，也已经渐渐让那群牧师野心家不安起来。《解开疙瘩》戳穿了教皇悖论——一个激进但没有自由主义的男人，一个独裁的推动者，一个需要不断宽恕的自信者，他结合了宗教的谦卑和政治的诡诈。在这本敏锐的传记中，保罗•维勒里揭露了豪尔赫•马里奥•伯格里奥隐藏的过去以及弗朗西斯成为教皇后将得到的荣耀。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：An exhaustive look at the newest pope. In a revised and expanded edition of Pope Francis: Untying the Knots (2013), Paul Vallely delves deeper into the first two years of the Francis papacy, providing a meaty and useful guide to understanding the pontiff. In the early chapters, the author discusses Francis’s life in Argentina, including his highly controversial years as head of the Jesuit order in the region. The author also examines the pope’s stances on women, homosexuals, divorced people, and other faiths. Discovering a pope with a controversial past and a revolutionary style of leadership in the present, Vallely provides a highly worthwhile resource for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. -- - Kirkus Reviews

About the Author/作者介绍： Paul Vallely is a top-flight journalist with a international reputation as a commentator on religion, society and political issues. He was correspondent for The Times in Ethiopia during the famine of 1984-5 for which he was commended as International Reporter of the Year. He was the co-author of Bob Geldof s massive-selling autobiography, Is That It? and was later involved in the organisation of Live 8. In 2004 he was seconded to the Commission for Africa set up by the British prime minister, Tony Blair where he worked on the Commission’s report Our Common Interest (later published by Penguin). He is the editor of The New Politics: Catholic Social Teaching for the 21st century and has advised the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales. He was created a CMG ’for services to journalism and to the developing world’ in 2006.

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