Luis Palau: Why It Matters that Pope Francis Drinks Maté with Evangelicals

Photo: Luis Palau Evangelistic Association

An interview with international evangelist (and native Argentine) on his friend, Jorge Bergoglio

Argentine native and international evangelist Luis Palau considers Jorge Bergoglio, the newly elected Pope Francis, a personal friend. So, Palau says, he was especially excited yesterday to hear that Catholic cardinals had selected Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, to replace Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after his resignation.

CT spoke with Palau, who offered his perspective on Pope Francis both as an evangelist and as Bergoglio's personal friend. (CT has also gathered reactions from evangelical leaders in the United States and Argentina.) Read more

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