Pope Francis' Favorite Books

Pope Francis - Favorite Books

One of the best known hobbies of the Pope Francisco It is reading. What's more, it is the Pope himself who is in charge of spreading his passion for letters in order to gain a greater number of followers of the literary hobby. From Actualidad Literatura We offer you the list of both pope francis favorite books as of its most prominent authors. We can offer it to you thanks to the interview he gave to the director of the Catholic Civilization, the Jesuit Antonio Spadaro, a few years ago. If you follow the word and "teachings" of Pope Francis very closely, and you also like literature, we are convinced that you will be delighted to know which readings he enjoyed in his day or which he currently reads.

From the mouth of Pope Francis himself

«I have become fond of authors who are very different from each other. I love so much Dostoyevsky y Holderlin. From Hölderlin I like to remember that beautiful poetry for his grandmother's birthday, which has done me so much spiritual good. It is the one that ends with the verse 'May the man keep what the child promised'. He impressed me because he loved my grandmother Rosa very much and in that poetry Hölderlin puts his grandmother next to Mary, the one who gave birth to Jesus, whom he considered the friend of the earth who did not consider any living being a foreigner ».

Among his favorite authors is the Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni, author of many, of the work "The couple". This book has been read by the pontiff more than 3 times, as has the work of the "Divine Comedy" de Dante Alighieri.

Other of his favorite books are:

  • "Don Quijote of La Mancha", by Cervantes.
  • "The master of the world"by Robert Hugh Benson.
  • "Late I have come to love you" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
  • "Adam Buenosayres" scored by Leopoldo Macheral.
  • "Memories of the subsoil"by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
  • "The other, the same"by Jorge Luis Borges.
  • "Spiritual Exercises", of San Ignacio de Loyola.
  • «The most beloved freshness»by Gerald Manley Hopkins.
  • "Meditation on the Church"by Henri de Lubac.
  • "Odes"by Friedrich Hölderlin.
  • "Martin Fierro"by José Hernández.
  • «Augustine or the Master is here»by Joseph Malègue.
  • "Aeneid"by Virgilio.
  • "The polar opposition"Romano Guardini.
  • "The divine impatient"by José María Pemán.
  • "Pilgrim's Story", of San Ignacio de Loyola.
  • "Of the happy age", by Jorge Milia.
  • "On the priesthood", of San Agustín.
  • "Memorial"by Pierre Favre.
  • "One hundred poems"by Nino Costa.

Book «Los novios» by Alessandro Manzoni

Pope Francis - The Bride and Groom Book

As we told you paragraphs ago, the book of Alessandro Manzoni, "The couple" has been one of the most read by Pope Francis. If you want to know what it is about, read its synopsis. It is the most famous book by the author.

Synopsis

This fundamental work of literature is a story of oppressors and oppressed, with the novelty that the heroes who see their love threatened are two humble peasants. Framing the many misadventures of the protagonist couple, there is an extensive social world crossed by stigmas and injustices, and with characters so true that the reader seems to have known them. All arouse pity, love, laughter, contempt or admiration.

How many of these books have you read? Are your literary tastes similar to those of Pope Francis?


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