Francis, Repair My Church: Pope Francis Revives Vatican II - Paperback

by John Edgar Raub (Author)

Author John Raub's twenty-eight years as a monk changed him, sharpening his eye to see more deeply into situations with a perspective that welcomes debate, for controversy invites thought. Pope Francis Revives Vatican II is of interest not just to Catholics, but to all Americans. Drawing on Raub's monastic experience, it offers readers startling insight into the Holocaust, presidents Roosevelt and Eisenhower, Senator Joseph McCarthy, the John Birch Society, the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War--including Raub's first-hand experience administering to the victims of the Kent State shootings--homosexuality, Obamacare, the Tea Party, the rise of hate groups, and the source of Vladimir Putin's dislike of the West. The book features a personal letter from President Obama and an analysis of Adlai Stevenson's opinion of Norman Vincent Peale.

Author Biography

John Raub has seen Catholicism from multiple perspectives: He attended Catholic schools and graduated from the University of Notre Dame twice. He became a priest and served as a teacher and principal at Catholic schools. Following his twenty-eight years at the Abbey of Gethsemani, he returned to parish life and has since been married for fourteen years. He is also the author of Who Told You That You Were Naked? (1992).