Pope answers kid’s questions in book

Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City on 18 November 2015. Photo: EPA/GIORGIO ONORATI

Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City on 18 November 2015. Photo: EPA/GIORGIO ONORATI

Published Nov 18, 2015

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NEW YORK - A new book from Pope Francis will be for young readers.

‘Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters From Children Around the World’ will be published on March 1, the Chicago-based Loyola Press announced on Tuesday.

According to Loyola, a nonprofit Jesuit ministry, the book includes the pope’s responses to 30 handwritten letters from children ages 6 to 13 from around the world.

Themes of the book include “concerns about the afterlife; a strong sense of justice, both social and theological; the importance of family; and a longing to be seen and heard.”

Besides the US, ‘Dear Pope Francis’ also will come out in Italy, Spain, Mexico, Poland, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

 

AP

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