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Marco Politi & Andreas R. Batlogg: Zwei Päpste, zwei Bücher, eine Kirche

In the organizer's words:

The name was a signal: Francis. In 2013, the Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio named himself Pope; no one had previously chosen Francis of Assisi as his namesake - a Franciscan monk preaching poverty hardly fits in with the splendor and wealth of the Vatican. Francis I is dead. What remains of him, who addressed capitalism, wars and the climate? Who wanted to allow married priests? Or who - oh my God - even brought women into higher church offices? Marco Politi was born in Rome and has been a "vaticanista" for decades. His book The Unfinished Man was published shortly before Francis' death; it is not his first book about the Pope's battles with his opponents. His successor is not an opponent, but Team Bergoglio: Robert Francis Prevost, USA. He was most recently a kind of personnel manager for the Catholic world church, and a first biography has just been published, written by the Jesuit and publicist Andreas R. Batlogg: Leo XIV: The New Pope. Should he now, with the courage of a lion, continue Francis' reforms? asks salon host Jens Meyer-Kovac.

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Price information:

Reduced admission for pupils, students and trainees as well as holders of the HannoverAktivPass, a severely disabled or unemployment certificate. Advance tickets are also available from the Annabee bookshop and at the Box Office. Tickets that have already been purchased cannot be refunded.

Location

Literarischer Salon Hannover Königsworther Platz 1 30167 Hannover

Organizer

Literarischer Salon Hannover

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