HOPE: Celebrating the Global Publication of the First Memoir by a Sitting Pontiff

WEBWIRE – Friday, January 17, 2025

On Tuesday, January 14,Random House GrouppublishedHOPE,the autobiography ofPope Francisin the US. The U.S. edition of the first memoir by a sitting pontiff is edited byMolly Turpin,Senior Editor, Random House. HOPE, which took the Pontiff six years to write, is published simultaneously worldwide in principal languages and in over 80 countries in time for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope.An audiobook edition was released simultaneously in English byPenguin Random House Audio.

Written with Carlo Musso, former non-fiction editorial director of Piemme and Sperling & Kupfer, and then founder of the independent publisher Libreria Pienogiorno, in accordance with the wishes of Pope Francis, this unprecedented memoir was originally intended to be published after the Popes passing. The announcement of the new Jubilee of Hope in 2025 inspired him to make this legacy available now.

The book of my life is the story of a journey of hope, a journey that I cannot separate from the journey of my family, of my people, of all Gods people. In every page, in every passage, it is also the book of those who have traveled with me, of those who came before, of those who will follow, offers Pope Francis. An autobiography is not our own private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us. And memory is not just what we recall, but what surrounds us. It doesnt speak only about what has been, but about what will be. It seems like yesterday, and yet its tomorrow. All is born to blossom in an eternal springtime. In the end, we will say only: I dont recall anything in which You are not there.

HOPE includes a wealth of revelations, anecdotes, and illuminating thoughts. It is a thrilling and very human memoir, destined to fascinate readers throughout the world and to represent a legacy of hope for future generations. HOPEis enhanced by remarkable photographs, including private and unpublished material made personally available by the Pope.The New York Timessays, Hopevividly recreates the colorful world where the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up.

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