Jose Mario De Vega, a Filipino author who has taught in numerous universities in the Philippines, remembers the exact moment Pope Francis first caught his attention: the day the new pontiff stepped out onto the papal balcony in 2013.
Leah Libresco Sargeant was a hardcore atheist in high school and college. Having a critical mind, and relying on physical evidence in her consideration of things, she viewed that faith belonged to people who believed in fiction.
