We are a little less than a year away from the death of Pope Francis. Usually, distance is needed to assure perspective. It is difficult to fully appreciate a painting, for instance, when you are standing too close to it. So too, I would have thought, when writing an account of a papacy, especially one…
Pope Francis: a ‘disrupter’ and ‘restorer’
Fr Frank Brennan signing copies of Pope Francis: The Disruptive Pilgrim’s Guide at the book’s launch in Perth, Australia on
February 24. Photo: Fr Eamonn Conway.

