| On Heaven and Earth | |
| Authors: | Jorge Bergoglio Abraham Skorka |
| Title Orig: | Sobre el cielo y la tierra |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Publisher: | Sudamericana |
| Pub Date: | 2010 |
| English Pub Date: | 7 May 2013 |
On Heaven and Earth (Spanish; Castilian: Sobre el cielo y la tierra) is a book that presents conversations between Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis, and Argentine rabbi Abraham Skorka. The book is about faith, family and the Catholic Church in the 21st century. It was first published in Spanish in 2010 and appeared in an English translation in 2013.[1]
The book's contents received attention following Bergoglio's election to the papacy in 2013.[2] [3]
On clerical celibacy, Bergoglio said:[4] Bergoglio described same-sex marriage as "a weakening of the institution of marriage, an institution that has existed for thousands of years and is 'forged according to nature and anthropology'". Bergoglio also said that there would be "affected children" by same-sex couples with adoption rights: "Every person needs a male father and a female mother that can help them shape their identity."