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The cover of Let us Dream, the book, due out Dec. 1, that was ghost-written by Francis’ English-language biographer, Austen Ivereigh. Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID-19 skeptics and the media that spread their conspiracies in a new book penned during the Vatican’s coronavirus lockdown. In “Let Us Dream,” Francis also criticizes populist politicians who whip up rallies in ways reminiscent of the 1930s, and the hypocrisy of “rigid” conservative Catholics who support them. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
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