Posted on 11/02/2015 6:20:58 AM PST by marshmallow
Pope Francis in January will publish the first book of his papacy, written in an interview format with Italian journalist and Vatican expert Andrea Tornielli.
The book's world-wide release on Jan. 12 will coincide with a special jubilee "year of mercy" that Pope Francis has called to reach out to alienated members of the church and to non-Catholics in need.
In the new book, "The Name of God Is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli," the pope "discusses mercy, a subject of central importance in his teaching and testimony, and in addition sums up other ideas-reconciliation, the closeness of God-that comprise the heart of his papacy," according to Random House, which bought North American rights in English and Spanish at auction from Italian publisher Piemme.
Random House will also release an audiobook in January. A spokeswoman for the publisher declined to say how much the company paid for the rights.
Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, will publish the book in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries excluding Canada.
Rights so far have been sold in at least a dozen other languages, according to Piemme's website, and after Friday's announcement more queries came pouring in from countries including China, said Carole Tonkinson, Bluebird's publisher.
This isn't the first time the pope has used an interview format to speak to his flock. In a headline-grabbing 2013 interview with the Italian Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica, Pope Francis warned that the Catholic Church had become too focused on abortion, gay marriage and other social issues. That interview was later published in book form by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins, which, like The Wall Street Journal, is owned by News Corp.
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Can’t wait to not buy it.
An “interview format”. Then he did not “write” a book.
Wonder if he talks about Jesus in it. Seems like Jesus has little place in his theology.
If the public don’t want to buy it, nothing can stop them.
I already know what’s in it. Flogging the Global Warming Hoax, socialism, Muslim invasion, and how horrible real Catholics are.
This is his SECOND book!
It is a pop-up book?
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