Another Big Year for Pope Francis

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 30, 2014

From climate change to Cuba, 2014 was another big year for Pope Francis. James Martin, SJ, a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, and author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage (HarperOne, 2014), discusses whether anything the pontiff said or did this year will change the world, or the Catholic Church.

No doctrine has changed, but "words matter, tone matters...words effect change" says @JamesMartinSJ on the Pope's words this year.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 30, 2014

Brian: Which book of the bible is climate change in? @JamesMartinSJ: Genesis.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 30, 2014

Brian: "Such a hippie, this Pope." @JamesMartinSJ: "Just like Jesus."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 30, 2014

"I looked around & realized I was standing between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Gloria Steinem." -@JamesMartinSJ on @StephenAtHome's last show.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 30, 2014

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