Carlo Maria Martini

It is listed as the 4th edition, but it is actually the "Third Corrected Edition". The Textual Apparatus include the Certainty Grading scale.

This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God's Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth.

Carlo Maria Martini, ex arcivescovo di Milano e studioso della Bibbia di fama mondiale, e Georg Sporschill, gesuita austriaco, che vive insieme ai bambini di strada in Romania e in Moldavia, si sono conosciuti durante un soggiorno a Gerusalemme e sono diventati amici. Ispirati da molti incontri con i giovani, si sono chiesti come concretamente gli uomini di fede possono rispondere alla crisi etica della contemporaneità: Che cosa farebbe oggigiorno Gesù?, A quale meta conduce il cammino delle religioni in una società sempre più disorientata e priva di Dio?. Nell'ultima stagione della sua vita, Carlo Maria Martini si offre al proprio interlocutore con franchezza e semplicità, senza reticenze, dando vita a quello che può essere interpretato come il suo testamento spirituale.

215 p. ; 23 cm

In a series of conversations two Jesuits one who was the head of the largest diocese in the world and other other who worked among prisoners and the disadvantaged ask what faith can mean for life, what future young people have in the church, and what must be changed so that Christianity itself has a future.