This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
The Pontificate
The Pontificate PDF/e-Book comes to you FREEwhen you subscribe to
La Civiltà Cattolica.
Since its origins in 1850, La Civiltà Cattolica has lived a special relationship with the popes who have succeeded each other on the chair of St. Peter. The pontificate of Francis has been prophetic. His is a dramatic pontificate. The articles we present in this volume offer a portrait of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
Get this PDF/e-Book Now The 184-page The Pontificate PDF/e-Book from La Civiltà Cattolica consists of 14 narrative essays, summarizing the key features of Francis' papacy.
The Pontificate
The Pontificate Essays
Take the Gospel with Tranquilizers: A Conversation with the Superiors General
Pope Francis
The Synod for the AmazonA fresco for the ‘common home’
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Editor-in-Chief, La Civiltà Cattolica
Miguel Angel Fiorito and popular religiosity in Jorge Mario Bergoglio's formation
José Luis Narvaja, SJ
Who is the "Bad Shepherd"?
Diego Fares SJ
Member of the editorial board of La Civiltà Cattolica
Jesus Never Imposes: 'Amoris Laetitia', discernment, and Christian maturity
Pietro M. Schiavone, SJ
Pope Francis at 80: A Leader on the World Stage
Federico Lombardi, SJ
Emeritus editor, La Civiltà CattolicaSpiritual Discernment in ‘Christus Vivit’
Diego Fares SJ
Member of the editorial board of La Civiltà CattolicaKeep the Flame Burning: The apostolic exhortation ‘Christus Vivit’
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Editor-in-Chief, La Civiltà Cattolica
Human Fraternity: A reflection on the Abu Dhabi Document’
Felix Körner, SJ
Ten Years on from Aparecida: The source of Francis’ pontificate
Diego Fares SJ
Member of the editorial board of La Civiltà CattolicaThe Meaning of Francis’ International Politics
José Luis Narvaja, SJ
Features of a Sustainability Science
Pedro Walpole, SJ
Director of Research at the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change in the Philippines and the Coordinator..
A Church that ‘spends time with the future’
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Editor-in-Chief, La Civiltà CattolicaPope Francis and Fraternity
Diego Fares SJ
Member of the editorial board of La Civiltà Cattolica