Pope Francis: Spiritual Leader and Voice of the Poor

by Amanda Lanser

Overview

This biography examines the remarkable life of Pope Francis using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Pope Francis's family background, childhood, education, and work with the poor and the Catholic Church. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index.

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624016288
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Essential Lives Series: Set 8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	1180L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	12 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Francesco! Francesco! 6

Chapter 2 Humble Beginnings 16

Chapter 3 Building a Spiritual Foundation 26

Chapter 4 Tumultuous Years 36

Chapter 5 Lowly but Chosen 48

Chapter 6 Tiny Nation, Largest Religion 60

Chapter 7 A Spiritual Philosophy 74

Chapter 8 Looking Toward the Future 84

Timeline 96

Essential Facts 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 109

About the Author 112

About the Consultant 112