For years Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Argentina, and Rabbi Abraham Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges among Catholicism, Judaism, and the world at large. On Heaven and Earth, originally published in Argentina in 2010, brings together a series of these conversations where both men talked about various theological and worldly issues, including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and globalization. From these personal and accessible talks comes a first-hand view of the man who would become pope to 1.2 billion Catholics around the world in March 2013.
In this excerpt, read the introductions to the book by the leaders, and then dive in to the dialog with chapter 1: On God, and chapter 14: On abortion.
On Heaven and Earth by Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis) and Abraham Skorka – Chapter 1 & 14 by Image Books
