Pope Francis was named Person of the Year 2013 by theTime magazine for changing the perception of the Catholic Church in an extraordinary way within just nine months in office.

On the 77-year-old Pope, Time said his focus on compassion, along with a general aura of merriment not always associated with princes of the church, has made him "something of a rock star".

In a lifetime of teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has the largest share of the world's Catholics, Bergoglio has shown a keen political sensibility as well as the kind of self-effacing humility that fellow cardinals value highly, says his official biographer, Sergio Rubin.

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Pope Francis speaks before the end of his pastoral visit at the parish church 'Santa Maria dell'Orazione' at Setteville di Guidonia neighborhood of Rome.

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London, England (PRWEB) March 19, 2014

Everybody makes mistakes in life. The question is where one goes from these mistakes in order to make a positive change in life.

In Michael Angelo Le Houxs new book, Far More Than We Think: Making Sense of Spirituality, the reader is given a fusion of contemporary and ancient wisdom, scientific fact and personal experience to help prove that all of us are capable of far more than we think.

Le Houx delicately yet honestly talks about the challenges of his former life, through seven compelling sections that build to a conclusion that there is more to our existence than we may have previously thought possible.

Far More Than We Think is an intimate and informative book that helps readers from a variety of backgrounds to better understand the spiritual science behind the troubles that many face in life. Le Houx has given his audience a guide to quiet the mind so that the spirit, love and true understanding can begin to shine through.

If anybody ever thought that there must be more to life than their current experience so far, then this book could mark an important turning point, Le Houx said.

Far More Than We Think explains why spirituality makes sense and how it impacts all aspects of ones life.

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The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth, by Thomas Berry (Orbis Books. 2009).

I read this book as the UK faced severe weather events. Media coverage of flooded homes, storm-lashed coasts, and crippled transport infrastructure were a vivid illustration of the growing challenge of climate change, and the urgent need for us to work with nature, rather than fight a losing battle against it. So it seems increasingly important that the message contained in Thomas Berrys book is understood and embraced.

Thomas Berry died in 2009 and this book was published posthumously. A collection of ten essays, written between 1987 and 2000, it is a good introduction to the work of a great thinker and a great spirit.

As a Catholic priest of the Passionist, order Berry had a deep Christian faith, but this supremely gifted man was much more than a priest, and his faith was much bigger than an adherence to one narrowly defined creed. As a scholar and a teacher, to describe his approach as holistic would be true, but also an enormous understatement. He rejoices in diversity, and his inclusive philosophy and spirituality embraces not only other religions, scriptures, and cultures, but science and the entirety of Creation.

Berry, who studied both Chinese and Sanskrit languages, took inspiration from an enormous range of sources, but had a particular affinity for St Thomas Aquinas, from whom he took his clerical name, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest who trained as a palaeontologist and geologist.

A quote from Aquinas illustrates how startlingly relevant ancient writings can be in our modern age. The "perfection of the universe" lies in its diversity, says Aquinas,

"For goodness, which in God is simple and uniform, in creatures is manifold and divided; and hence the whole universe together participates in the divine goodness more perfectly and represents it better than any single creature whatsoever."

Taking this as his starting point, Berry infers that consequently there is no area of human knowledge or experience which should remain outside the remit of a Christian. He is saddened when his own Church claims to have a monopoly on truth, and asserts, "When the religious traditions are seen in their relations to each other, the full tapestry of the revelatory experience can be observed."

With the advancement of scientific understanding of how the earth and humanity came into being he says, "For the first time the entire human community has, in this story, a single creation or origin myth. Although it is known by scientific observation, this story also functions as myth." So he believes that for the first time in human history humanity can unite in a truth which is relevant to all and includes all.

For Thomas Berry, the natural world and the human community are seen as "a unified single community with an overarching purpose: the exaltation and joy of existence, praise of the divine, and participation in the great liturgy of the universe." So the degradation of the earth and mans alienation from nature is seen as a tragedy, and spells certain death for the planet if we do not change our ways. For the Church, which Berry feels has in the past been part of the problem, it is an urgent necessity to become part of the solution. In fact he says it is "the fundamental task of the Church in the twenty-first Century."

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