InYourEyesISeeMyWords,Volume3bringstogetherthehomiliesandspeechesofArchbishopCardinalJorgeMarioBergogliofrom2009throughhiselectionasPopeFrancisonMarch13,2013.Thesewritingsprovideanintimateglimpseintothetheological,philosophical,scientific,andcultural-educationalcurrentsthatforgedthesteady,loving,andnurturingleadershipstylewithwhichBergoglioguidedtheChurchinBuenosAires.ThatstylehasnowdonethesamefortheChurchfromRome,aChurchrockedbyfinancialandmoralscandals,andaworldshakenbythefirstglobalpandemicinacentury.Thesewritingswerekneaded--awordheuseswhentalkingabouttheworkofmoldingthesoulsandcharacterofyouthandseminarians--intherelationshipsheformedinhisbusridestoworkandinhisintensecontactwithallsegmentsofthepopulation.BecauseofthatcarefulandprayerfulprocessofkneadingtheyhavefoundtheirfulldevelopmentinBergoglio’swritingasPopeFrancis,especiallyinEvangeliigaudium(November2013);Gaudeteetexsultate,Onthecalltosanctity(March2018);andhisencyclicalLaudatosi’(May2015).InthisfinalvolumeofBergoglio’shomiliesandpaperswemeetEuropeantheologiansandthinkerssuchasHansUrsvonBalthasar,HenrideLubac,andBergoglio’sUruguayanphilosopherandfriend,MetholFerr矇,theliteraryfigureMiguel?ngelAsturias,andEnriqueSantosDisc矇polo,asingerandcomposeroftangosthatdecrycorruption.Inapropheticconclusion,thelasthomilyofthisvolumeisanoutlineoftheroadmapPopeFrancishasfollowedthroughouthispapacy:onedefinedbyongoingloveandcareforGod’speopleandthatseekstospreadGod’smercifulanointingtothoselivingonthemarginsoflife.
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