Several weeks ago, a friend gave me a copy of Pope Francis’ autobiography.

I looked forward to reading it out of interest about Pope Francis and because I recently worked with a guy who had moved from Buenos Aires to Seattle and had known the Pope when he was the Buenos Aires archbishop.

When I started reading the book, Pope Francis was still Pope. I discovered on the inside cover that this is the first papal autobiography by a sitting pope. In our digital age, we want to know about our leaders in a way that makes an autobiography makes sense.

I am just a few pages into the book. Already, I learned that Pope Francis was the son of Italian ancestors – an insightful discovery about a pope not born in Italy. I look forward to reading the rest of the book.

Normally, I would wait to post a book review until I had finished reading the book. In this instance, it’s worth posting now that Pope Francis’ autobiography is available for readers who are interested in the new timeliness of this book. Certainly a book worth picking up for people interested in current affairs.

Kim Burkhardt blogs at A Parish Catechist (and is a member of the Association of Catholic Publishers). If you are a new visitor, it would be great to have you subscribe to follow this blog (it’s free – thank you!). If you know someone who would like this blog, please share it with them and invite them to subscribe (thank you!).