Pope Francis’ Autobiography: Humanitarian with Sympathetic Character Flaws

Better than Merkel’s “Freedom” and Steinmeier’s “We”? But definitely. In his autobiography, the Pope reports on an eventful life, and you are surprisingly happy to be taken by the hand by the narrator, Francis.

There is a short essay by Jorge Luis Borges about hell, in which the great Argentine poet examines the question of how long a sinner has to burn down there on average – for a reasonable period of time or perhaps forever? Borges himself thinks that “the hair-raising” is fundamentally conceivable for us humans, so why not the unlimited duration of hell. There is one thing, however: It is against religion to believe in eternal damnation.