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Denver, Colo., Apr 29, 2013 \/ 05:01 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- In his newly translated book, Pope Francis proposes a Christ-centered understanding of human dignity that yields a comprehensive respect for life reaching from the unborn to the impoverished.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe clearly makes the case that Jesus brings about a completely new vision of humanity, that human life is provided with a dignity that goes beyond our capacity to understand,\u201d Alejandro Bermudez, the book's translator, told CNA April 23.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTherefore the most crucial approach to human life is reverence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe new book, \u201cOn Heaven and Earth,\u201d is a conversation between Pope Francis and Abraham Skorka, a rabbi and scholar from Buenos Aires. It was originally published in Spanish in 2010, when Francis was still Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

\tThe book depicts a firm reverence for human life that connects the Pope\u2019s committed opposition to abortion and euthanasia with his passionate concern for the poor and elderly.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis reverence means paying attention first to secure life in itself, and second the continuity of life that comes through the relationship of one man and one woman, and third the dignity of the quality of that life,\u201d explained Bermudez, who is also executive director of Catholic News Agency.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cSo for Pope Francis, it is a continuity \u2026 the zeal for the defense of life and of marriage is exactly the same zeal for human life that brings him to come out in the defense of the poor, and most specifically of all of those who are suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBermudez explained that \u201cthere are many forms of poverty which goes beyond just the physical, and Pope Francis has been extremely sensitive to any kind of human suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn \u201cOn Heaven and Earth,\u201d Pope Francis speaks at length about the needs of the poor and vulnerable. He says that the elderly are unfortunately among those who are seen as \u201cdisposable\u201d by today's \u201cconsumerist, hedonist and narcissistic society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn the same work, the Pope explained that the death penalty \u201conce was one of the punishments that Christianity accepted, but today the moral conscience has become much more refined.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBermudez said that this perspective is not \u201canything different than what John Paul II said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn his mind, more and more the sensibility of Catholics should move us away from the death penalty \u2026\u00a0 Pope Francis comes from a part of the world in which the death penalty has long been suppressed, it doesn't exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis is the case in much of the world, so the death penalty does not have the \u201crelevance\u201d that it has in the U.S., Bermudez explained, \u201cand so in general, Catholic leaders have not elaborated much beyond what John Paul II said in Evangelium Vitae and what the Catechism reflects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOn Heaven and Earth\u201d is now available in English from Image Books, an imprint of Random House, in print, digital and audio formats.<\/p>\n

\tUntil recently, the works of Pope Francis have been available only in his native tongue. Two works on Jesuit spirituality, entitled \u201cHumility, the road towards God\u201d and \u201cCorruption and sin,\u201d are being published this month in Italian.<\/p>\n

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