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by Anthony McCarten


  “truly enviable … ahead of us”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 32.

  “He supported us … to assist”: Ibid.

  “militantly religious”: Ibid., p. 33.

  “I went in … was headed”: Ibid., pp. 35–36.

  “It was the surprise … you first”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 34.

  “passive solitude”: Ibid.

  “I’m going to … with people”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 36.

  “were not … political restlessness”: Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, pp. 30–31.

  “defensive and … or left”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 28.

  “aimed at restricting … religious institutions”: Ibid., p. 29.

  “You said you … of the soul”: Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, p. 30.

  ‘Since I saw … Perpetual Help.’: Cámara and Pfaffen, Understanding Pope Francis, p. 34.

  “I definitely knew … being uprooted”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 37

  “Why don’t we … December 12, 1995”: Letter from Fr. Jorge Bergoglio to Fr. Cayetano Bruno, October 20, 1990, published in Fr. Alejandro León, ed., Francis and Don Bosco (Quito, Ecuador: CSPP José Ruaro/CSRFP, 2014), p. 16.

  “Fr. Pozzoli said … typical of him”: Ibid.

  “extremely upset … a plundering”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 37.

  “Well, if God … blessed be”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 39.

  “I loved … much”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 14.

  “a normal … life”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 48.

  “We are so … that path”: Jorge Bergoglio and Rabino Abraham Skorka, On Heaven and Earth, translation by Image, a division of Random House, Inc. (London: Bloomsbury, 2013), p. 47.

  “When I was … rediscover his place”: Ibid., pp. 47–48.

  “when one … in that direction”: Ibid., p. 47.

  “To tell the truth … focus on missionary works”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, pp. 35–36.

  “When he first got ill … to die”: Jimmy Burns, Francis: Pope of Good Promise (London: Constable, 2015), p. 94.

  “every day … scar tissue”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 23.

  “said something … imitating Christ’”: Ibid., p. 24.

  “pain is not a virtue … life fulfilled is a gift”: Ibid., pp. 24–25.

  “Two years’ novitiate … tertianship”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 57.

  A self-described … come back”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 158.

  “go out to … with people”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 36.

  “The boys … themselves with”: Ibid., p. 70.

  “Fr. Pozzoli … he said nothing”: León, ed., Francis and Don Bosco, p. 17.

  “I did not want … different way”: Ibid.

  “the most important … twentieth century”: John W. O’Malley, S.J., What Happened at Vatican II (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010), p. 1.

  “on the side … the world”: Ibid., p. 74.

  “[Bergoglio] was serious … to doubt it”: Elisabetta Piqué, Pope Francis: Life and Revolution (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2014), p. 55.

  “against men … or religion”: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate, proclaimed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on October 28, 1965 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).

  “Church of the poor”: Pope John XXIII, “Radio Message to All the Christian Faithful One Month Before the Opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council,” Libreria Editrice Vaticana, September 11, 1962.

  “engender new injustices … results”: “Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Development of Peoples,” Libreria Editrice Vaticana, March 26, 1967.

  “1,500 priests from … understandable response”: Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, p. 43.

  “the activity of … the people”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, pp. 95–96.

  “The option … Medellín”: Jorge Bergoglio, transcript of 2010 judicial inquiry, Bergoglio Declara ante el TOF, https://www.yumpu.com/es/document/view/14836117/declaracion-bergoglio-esma-abuelas-de-plaza-de-mayo. English translation in Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 95.

  a promotion that … his age: Father Antonio Spadaro, “Interview with Pope Francis,” Libreria Editrice Vaticana, August 19, 2013.

  “sterile inter-ecclesiastical … strategy”: Allen, The Francis Miracle, p. 20.

  “a sweeping purge … Buenos Aires”: Burns, Francis: Pope of Good Promise, p. 135.

  ‘bloodless, serene and … government’: Ibid., p. 151.

  “the killing … unaccounted for”: Marchak, God’s Assassins, p. 155.

  In declassified … campaign”: F. Allen Harris to Mr. Bumpus, Mr. Floor–Disappearance Numbers—memorandum AT056, December 27, 1978, ed. Carlos Osorio, 2006 U.S. Department of State Argentina Declassification Project, 2002), Digital National Security Archive accession number NSAEBB185, https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB185/19781227%20Disappearance%20Numbers%200000A8B1.pdf.

  “priests of the church … them”: Marchak, God’s Assassins, p. 236.

  leading figures … public functions: Burns, Francis: Pope of Good Promise, p. 171.

  during the Dirty … exiled: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 136.

  “The two objectives … been suspect”: Ibid., p. 137.

  “it was a high-wire … people”: Ibid.

  “He went from … detail with us”: Ibid., p. 187.

  “against the rector … in Latin America”: Ibid., p. 173.

  “I remember … for Argentina’”: Rubin and Ambrogetti, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio, p. 158.

  Unexpectedly … in Bavaria: Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, pp. ix–xii.

  “spirituality and … Paul II himself: Ibid., p. 54.

  “My mind … always wrong”: Ibid., p. 164.

  “At mid-morning … Aires’”: Ibid.

  “When he arrived … is that”: Fr. Tello, quoted in “El Papa Villero,” Qué Pasa (Chile), February 20, 2014, http://www.quepasa.cl/articulo/actualidad/2014/02/1-13835-9-el-papa-villero.shtml/.

  “regularly ignored … payments”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 244.

  “the auditor’s … affair”: Ibid.

  “[This is] scarlet … Church”: The College of Cardinals General Documentation, Holy See Press Office, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, updated February 17, 2014.

  “extraordinary consistory … millennium”: John Paul II, Sixth Extraordinary Consistory, Remarks of the Holy Father, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 21 May 2001.

  “Nowadays the war … First Fathers”: Jorge Bergoglio, “Report After the Discussion, X Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,” Holy See Press Office, 12 October 12, 2001 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_20_x-ordinaria-2001/02_inglese/b21_02.html.

  “Midway through November … Ratzinger”: Sandro Magister, “Bergoglio in Pole Position,” Chiesa, L’Espresso (Italy), November 28–December 5, 2002, wwwespresso.repubblica.it.

  “assumed a key … of them”: Eduardo Duhalde, “Aquel Hombre Que Estuvo en las Horas Más Difíciles,” La Nacíon (Argentina), March 18, 2013, https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1564280-aquel-hombre-que-estuvo-en-las-horas-mas-dificiles.

  “authoritative source” … Ratzinger: Marco Tosatti, “Ecco Come Andó Davvero il Conclave del 2005,” La Stampa (Italy), October 3, 2013, http://www.lastampa.it/2013/03/07/esteri/ecco-come-ando-davvero-il-conclave-del-3TekbdbFe00nzWPyxlJSSP/pagina.html.

  “[Bergoglio was] safe … curia”: Luca Brunelli, “Così Eleggemmo Papa Ratzinger,” Limes (Italy), September 23, 2005, http://www.limes
online.com/cosi-eleggemmo-papa-ratzinger/5959.

  “what upset Bergoglio … life’s work”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 285.

  “I am convinced … been evident”: Guzmán M. Carriquiry Lecour, “La Revolution de la Gracia,” Tierras de América, February 18, 2014, http://www.tierrasdeamerica.com/2014/02/18/la-revolucion-de-la-gracia-asi-preparo-la-providencia-el-nuevo-pontificado/.

  “The difference … the issue: Burns, Francis: Pope of Good Promise, p. 234.

  “the Devil’s envy … God’s plan”: Cardinal Bergoglio to the Carmelite Nuns of Buenos Aires, in “La Carta Completa de Bergoglio,” July 8, 2010, Todo Noticias (Argentina), https://tn.com.ar/politica/la-carta-completa-de-bergoglio_038363.

  “It’s worrisome to … devil’”: Anthony Failoa, “Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Now Pope Francis, Known for Simplicity and Conservatism,” Washington Post, March 13, 2013.

  “spent many years … university”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, pp. 302–3. This is obviously a confidential source who has requested not to be named, as Ivereigh just refers to him as “a senior priest.”

  “had compassion … wounds”: Luke 10:33.

  “made the decision … margins”: Ivereigh, The Great Reformer, p. 305.

  “are offered … in early 2013”: Ibid., p. 340.

  “I want … this world”: Vallely, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, p. 125.

  3. CONCLAVE

  “a little forlorn”: Allen, The Rise of Benedict XVI, p. 116.

  “the silence … but calm”: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, interview with BBC, March 1, 2013, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21624894.

  “a courageous … civilization”: Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, April 27, 2005 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20050427.html.

  “Actually, at that … other”: Pope Benedict XVI, Light of the World, op. cit., p. 4.

  “just finished … been elected”: Thavis, The Vatican Diaries, op. cit., p. 23.

  Finally, when the … new pope: Allen, The Rise of Benedict, op. cit., p. 117.

  God’s Rottweiler … Papa-Ratzi: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger with Vittorio Messori, The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1985), p. 9.

  “deep snow … that reigned”: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Milestones: Memoirs 1927–1977 (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997), p. 8.

  “the triangle … rivers”: Ibid., p. 7.

  “many beautiful … church life”: Ibid., p. 9.

  “unemployment was rife … another”: Ibid., p. 8.

  “shrill campaign posters” … am Inn: Ibid., p. 12.

  “obliged to … activities”: Ibid., p. 14.

  “warn and aid … danger”: Ibid.

  Hitler’s “rhetorical … top: Ibid., p. 16.

  “true home”: Ibid., p. 22.

  “could not compete … diligence”: Ibid., p. 17.

  “no one could … meaning”: Ibid., pp. 17–18.

  “there was no … maturation”: Joseph Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth: An Interview with Peter Seewald (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997), p. 53.

  “started down the … discovery”: Ibid., p. 20.

  “perfectly ordinary … himself included: Ibid., p. 54.

  On March 12 … from visiting: Ibid., pp. 24–25.

  “No foreign … country yesterday”: “A Black Day for Germany,” Times (London), November 11, 1938.

  “Do not buy … and home”: John L. Allen Jr., Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican’s Enforcer of the Faith (New York: Continuum, 2000), p. 15.

  “good Germans … fight back”: Ibid., p. 32.

  “urged … into the spiritual life”: Ibid., p. 25.

  “it was not … the daughters, nuns”: Georg Ratzinger and Michael Hesemann, My Brother the Pope (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2011), p. 102.

  Ratzinger recalls following … surrounding mountains: Ratzinger, Milestones, pp. 25–27.

  “the war … Phony War: Ibid., p. 27.

  “brought to their … time”: Ibid.

  “with unfailing … for them”: Ibid.

  “just go once … of it”: Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth, p. 52.

  “huge transports … soldiers”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 28.

  “brought many … as myself”: Ibid., p. 31.

  “fanatical ideologues … respite”: Ibid., p. 33.

  “in two years’ … time”: Laurence Rees, War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin (London: BBC Books, 1999), p. 14.

  “hear the … distance”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 33.

  “who had orders … murderers”: Ibid., p. 36.

  “put back on … our meadow”: Ibid., p. 37.

  “the moral failings … specifically”: David Gibson, The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World (Harper San Francisco, 2006), p. 138.

  “was reading great … conjugations”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 15.

  “those who cannot … repeat it”: George Santayana, The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense (New York: Scribner, 1905), p. 284.

  “What the Nazi … history”: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, p. 137.

  “better Germany … world”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 42.

  “despite many … eternity”: Ibid.

  “more fully familiar … as a profession”: Ibid., p. 47.

  “I looked … renowned teachers”: Ibid., p. 48.

  “radical change … and obsolete”: Ibid., p. 57.

  “lay in ruins … at Fürstenried”: Ibid.

  “radiant summer day”: Ibid., p. 99.

  “We should not … way’”: Ibid.

  “learned firsthand … the sacrament”: Ibid., pp. 99–100.

  “I had to give … and so on”: Ibid., p. 101.

  “practical training … of our families”: Ibid.

  “I suffered a … parish work”: Ibid., p. 102.

  “a minor act of rebellion”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 35.

  “rightly and deservedly … Catholic faith”: Aeterni Patris: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the Restoration of Christian Philosophy, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, August 4, 1879.

  “anyone who departed … with heresy”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 35.

  “decided Augustinian”: Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth, p. 33.

  “the intellectual ferment”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 35.

  “accepted it enthusiastically … February 1957: Ratzinger, Milestones, pp. 107–9.

  “theologians were like … Time”: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, pp. 161–62.

  “some sniper shots … quarters”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 112.

  “Ambitious young clerics … habits”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 50.

  “legend in … circles”: Ibid., p. 52.

  “positioned to be … began”: Ibid.

  “people who wanted … lost”: Ibid., p. 57.

  “I see no … [over the years]”: Richard N. Ostling, “Keeper of the Straight and Narrow: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger,” Time, December 6, 1993.

  “deeply troubled by … he detected”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 134.

  “At almost a moment’s … by the Marxist”: Ibid., p. 136.

  “The destruction … at stake”: Ibid., p. 137.

  “This was deeply … resist another”: Allen, The Rise of Benedict XVI, p. 151.

  “knew what was … his integrity”: Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth, p. 78.

  “if the principles … invalidate them”: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, p. 172.

  “remains true … a mob?: Ibid.

  “Time and again people … Grand Inquisitor”: Hans Küng, My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs, John Bowden, trans. (London: Continuum, 2003), p. 457.

  “in support of … theologian”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 50.

  “controversies experienced during … awaited him: Ibid., pp. 137–40.

  “Fa
ther Ratzinger … the council was over”: Ralph M. Wiltgen, The Rhine Flows into the Tiber: The Unknown Council (New York: Hawthorn, 1967), p. 285.

  “a time of … work”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 149.

  “conservative standard-bearer” … affirmed: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, p. 173.

  “I did not … a bishop”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 151.

  “under some pretext … was staying”: Ibid., p. 152.

  “said to have … archdiocese”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 120.

  “the weeks before … of consecration”: Ratzinger, Milestones, p. 152.

  “young and intelligent conservative”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 121.

  “deep orthodoxy … shared: Ibid.

  “too much baggage … in Poland”: Ibid.

  “simple, pastoral … Second Vatican Council”: Collins, God’s New Man, p. 167.

  “cautioned against … the left”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 122.

  “the smiling pope … Accepto”: Jason Evert, Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves (Lakewood, CO: Totus Tuus Press and Lighthouse Catholic Media, 2014), p. 54.

  “Lord, save me”: Urbi et Orbi, radio message of His Holiness John Paul I, August 27, 1978 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana).

  “My name is … coming” Evert, Saint John Paul the Great, p. 54.

  “would be no … rolled in”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 130.

  “attempts to emphasize … the job: Ibid.

  “When someone moves … earlier convictions?”: Ibid., p. 51.

  “sought … social change”: Allen, The Rise of Benedict XVI, p. 155.

  “perversion of the Christian message”: Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect, Instruction on Certain Aspects of the “Theology of Liberation,” Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, XI.1, August 6, 1984 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), http://www.vatican.ca/roman_curia.congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19840806_theology-liberation_en.html.

  “noninfallible”: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, p. 197.

  “choosing a leading … leader”: Collins, God’s New Man, p. 177.

  “willingness to polarize … himself”: Allen, Cardinal Ratzinger, p. 260.

  “intellectual assaults”: Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth, p. 92.

  “The paradox … lectern”: Gibson, The Rule of Benedict, p. 207.

 

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