My recent stay in Bilbao is the subject of a blog elsewhere on this site. It was alsoeported in Althetic Club of Bilbao’s magazine. An no, I haven’t been recruited by ETA. I just love Basque food and wine, the company of friends, andd local football’s deep cultural roots and enduring belief in home-grown talent.
Have you read this book?
This portrait of Bergoglio and Francis’s world-past and present- tells the story of a much more complex man than some early biographies have suggested. My subject is no picture book saint but a very human priest, wracked by doubt, who struggles to be a true witness of his faith in challenging circumstances. In circumstances he neither sought nor foresaw he found himself , he was handed the highest office at a time of institutional crisis, not just for the Church but long established institutions worldwide, from banks to party political leaders.