In the organizer's words:

The name was a signal: Francis. In 2013, the Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio named himself Pope; no one had previously chosen Francis of Assisi as his namesake - a Franciscan monk preaching poverty hardly fits in with the splendor and wealth of the Vatican. Francis I is dead. What remains of him, who addressed capitalism, wars and the climate? Who wanted to allow married priests? Or who - oh my God - even brought women into higher church offices? Marco Politi was born in Rome and has been a "vaticanista" for decades. His book The Unfinished Man was published shortly before Francis' death; it is not his first book about the Pope's battles with his opponents. His successor is not an opponent, but Team Bergoglio: Robert Francis Prevost, USA. He was most recently a kind of personnel manager for the Catholic world church, and a first biography has just been published, written by the Jesuit and publicist Andreas R. Batlogg: Leo XIV: The New Pope. Should he now, with the courage of a lion, continue Francis' reforms? asks salon host Jens Meyer-Kovac.

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Reduced admission for pupils, students and trainees as well as holders of the HannoverAktivPass, a severely disabled or unemployment certificate. Advance tickets are also available from the Annabee bookshop and at the Box Office. Tickets that have already been purchased cannot be refunded.