Vatican diaries : a behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church by Thavis, John instant download

Vatican diaries : a behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church by Thavis, John instant download

336 pages ; 22 cm, For more than twenty-five years, journalist John Thavis reported on the inner workings of the Vatican for the Catholic News Service. Thavis reveals Vatican City as a place struggling to define itself in the face of internal and external threats, where Curia cardinals fight private wars and sexual abuse scandals threaten to undermine papal authority. Thavis also takes readers through the politicking behind the election of Pope Francis and what we might expect from his papacy, \"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 2013. This edition with a new introduction and afterword published in Penguin Books 2014\"--Title page verso, Includes index, The bells -- Up in the air -- Nuestro Padre -- Bones -- Cat and mouse -- Latinist -- The Pope who would be saint -- Hemlines and banana peels -- Sex -- The real Benedict