Latino roots fuel Pope Francis’ radical quest to reform Catholic Church, biographer says
*It’s reported that Pope Francis doesn’t operate through bureaucracies, rather he leans on friendships and relationships. I this one of his Latino traits? VL
By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Latino
NEW YORK, NY – Nearly two years after Pope Francis became “The First Latino Pope,” his Argentinian background and the close to half a billion Latino Catholics remain a strong force behind his campaign to reform the Church.
“He has identified with Latin American concerns from the beginning,” said Austen Ivereigh, author of “The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope,” a new biography that delves into the pope’s upbringing in the South American country and how this fact has served as the foundation for his quest to reform the Catholic Church.
According to Ivereigh, it is Pope Francis’ Latino upbringing in Argentina that is giving him the tools that could make him one of the great reformers in this history of the Church.
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