On the Road

After interviewing Pope Francis for the book "The Name of God Is Mercy," published worldwide, Vatican expert Andrea Tornielli - who followed all the apostolic visits aboard the papal plane - chose to explore the major themes and gestures of this pontificate through Bergoglio's international journeys. Italy, Brazil, Cuba, the United States, Africa, Asia, as well as Lesbos, Sarajevo, Lund... Fascinating territories and emblematic cities, complex places and diverse populations, where the pope firmly denounced drug trafficking, arms sales, corruption, and even slavery in certain sectors of the economy, and described migration from the Global South to the Global North as a humanitarian tragedy. A pilgrim pope of peace, but also an uncompromising prophet, who urges local Churches to draw closer once again to society's most marginalized groups. Without neglecting the account of little-known and amusing behind-the-scenes episodes from the papal flights, Tornielli focuses on several significant encounters: from Obama to Fidel Castro, from Bartholomew I to Russian Patriarch Kirill, from Abu Mazen to Shimon Peres. In the exclusive conversation with the Vatican expert, the pope also recounts public and private anecdotes from his transoceanic flights, as well as his categorical refusal to submit to strict security rules when embracing crowds. With an interview with His Holiness Francis.