The Vatican Diaries

The Vatican Diaries

by Thavis, John

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This book presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business. For more than twenty-five years the author has reported on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave him a unique perspective on an institution …

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  • Full title :The Vatican Diaries / John Thavis.

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This book presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business. For more than twenty-five years the author has reported on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave him a unique perspective on an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it first appears. He reveals Vatican City as a place where Curia cardinals fight private wars, scandals threaten to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past is continually upended by the practical considerations of modern life. The author takes readers from a bell tower high above St. Peter's to the depths of the basilica and the Saint's burial place, from the politicking surrounding the election of a new pope and the ever-growing sexual abuse scandals around the world to controversies about the Vatican's stand on contraception and more.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Viking
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:321 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780670026715, 0670026719
  • oclc:on1001510937
  • LC Classification:BX955.3
  • Dewey Decimal:262/.136

Table of Contents

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.

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Subjects

Benedict, XVI,, Pope Catholic Church Église catholique History Papacy Papacy -- History Papauté -- Histoire Political science Vatican City Vatican City -- History

Writers

Thavis, John

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