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This book is dedicated with infinite love and gratitude to
my mother, Helen, who has always been a wonderful
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Senior Editor Georgina Palffy
Senior Art Editor Gillian Andrews
Editors Helen Ridge, Carey Scott
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US Editors Christine Heilman, Margaret Parrish
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Special Photography Fotografia Felici
Picture Research Renata Latipova
Additional Picture Research Sarah Hopper,
Jenny Faithfull
Managing Editor Gareth Jones
Senior Managing Art Editor Lee Griffiths PREFACE 6
Publisher Liz Wheeler
Deputy Art Director Karen Self
Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf
Art Director Phil Ormerod INTRODUCTION 8
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Jacket Designer Suhita Dharamjit The Early Years 10
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Senior DTP Designer Harish Aggarwal Benedict’s Abdication 22
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Final Farewell 26
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Papal Election 30
First American Edition, 2015 The Conclave 34
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March 84 October 180
Ash Wednesday 86 Prayer Vigil 182
The Popes Together 88 Synod of Bishops 184
Meeting Obama 90 Beatification 186
24 Hours for the Lord 92 November 190
April 94 All Saints’ Day 192
Palm Sunday 96 Special Mass 194
Holy Thursday 100 December 200
Washing of Feet 104 Homage to Mary 202
Good Friday 106 Creole Mass 204
Via Crucis 110 Happy Birthday! 206
Holy Saturday 112 Christmas Eve 208
Easter Sunday 116 Christmas Day 210
Canonization of Popes 120 New Year’s Eve 212
May 126 A New Year 214
Confraternities 128
The Swiss Guard 130 PAPAL VISITS 218
Ordination 136
Italian Trips 220
General Audience 142
Lampedusa 222
The Children’s Train 144
Assisi 224
The Visitation 146
Southern Italy 226
June 148
Redipuglia 228
Sports Audience 150
Foreign Trips 230
Pentecost 152
Brazil 232
Call for Peace 154
Holy Land 236
Corpus Christi 156
South Korea 238
Feast of Saints 158
Europe 240
July and August 160
Turkey 242
Young Germans 162
Sri Lanka 244
Young at Heart 164
Philippines 248
The Argentinian 166
September 170 INDEX 252
Group Wedding 172 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 255
The Elderly 176 FOTOGRAFIA FELICI 256
P R E FA C E
Addressing his fellow cardinals shortly before island off the coast of North Africa, home
the conclave that would elect him pope, to thousands of migrants and refugees. Apart
Jorge Bergoglio offered a short meditation. from the comfort he offered to them and his
He compared the Church to the moon: when, gratitude for the islanders’ hospitality, he also
like the moon, the Catholic faith reflects the turned the spotlight of the world’s media on
light of the Son of God, all is well; when, the scandal of human trafficking. During his
however, the Church thinks it has the light visits to Roman parishes, meanwhile, Pope
within itself, it falls into the trap of narcissism. Francis spends more time in the soup kitchens
For this reason, Cardinal Bergoglio asserted, and the encampments of illegal migrants than
the Church has to reach out continuously to with materially more fortunate parishioners.
the margins of society. It is here, among the “Jorge, do not change, continue to be
oppressed, the poor, and the marginalized, yourself, because to change at your age would
that the message of Jesus of Nazareth is be ridiculous,” he told himself immediately
revealed once again. after his election. He continued, therefore,
True to his word, when the choice of doing many of the things he had done for years,
the cardinals fell on him, Pope Francis sought and, admitting that administration was not his
out the margins. His first trip outside Rome strong point, he assembled a group of nine
was not to a splendid city but rather to a small cardinals to help reform the Roman Curia.
For many, Pope Francis’s unpredictability is break out when he talks of the oppression of
part of his charm, but for some it is a source of people, notably the abuse of the most vulnerable
exasperation. He happily breaks protocols that in society. He is vocal in his desire to broaden the
have surrounded the papacy for years, and is at role of women in the Church, and he shows great
his most relaxed in the company of ordinary compassion toward those who struggle with
people. He regularly departs from, or dispenses various aspects of Christian life. People across the
with, official scripts, recounting anecdotes and world are fascinated to see how this first Jesuit
dispensing pithy, down-to-earth advice. He calls pope will impact the Catholic Church.
people who have written to him and chats with The photographs of Pope Francis in this
them about their problems. book have been assembled by the Felici Studio
This variability has sometimes courted in Rome. By showing formal ceremonies in the
trouble. His expressions do not always translate Vatican as well as impromptu encounters with
well into other languages or cultures, although ordinary people, they offer a unique glimpse of
people generally understand the Pope’s meaning the Pope’s life as he moves through the year.
and appreciate his sincerity.
So what are the passions that drive Pope
Francis? The answer is evident. He believes in
the truth of Jesus. A flash of Latin temper will July 2015
