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A BIOGRAPHY OF POPE FRANCIS THAT DESCRIBES HOW THIS REVOLUTIONARY THINKER WILL USE THE POWER OF HIS POSITION TO CHALLENGE AND REDIRECT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FORMIDABLE RELIGION/BASED ON EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS IN ARGENTINA AND YEARS OF STUDY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THIS BIOGRAPHY PROVIDES NEVER-BEFORE-EXPLAINED CONTEXT ON HOW ONE MAN'S AMBITIOUS PROGRAM BEGAN-AND HOW IT WILL LIKELY END-THROUGH AN INVESTIGATION OF FRANCIS'S YOUTH GROWING UP IN BUENOS AIRES AND THE DRAMATIC EVENTS DURING THE PERÓN ERA THAT SHAPED HIS BELIEFS; HIS ONGOING CONFLICTS AND DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE ENSUING DOCTRINES OF AN AUTHORITARIAN AND MILITARISTIC GOVERNMENT IN THE 1970S; HOW HIS JESUIT TRAINING IN ARGENTINA AND CHILE GAVE HIM A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING AND ADVOCACY FOR A "CHURCH OF THE POOR"; AND HIS RISE FROM CARDINAL TO THE PAPACY/