The Vatican diaries a behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church Thavis, John. creator text nyu 2014 monographic eng
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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 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 John Thavis. "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 XVI Pope Benedict 1927- Papa Benedicto XVI 1927- Catholic Church Government Iglesia Católica Gobierno Papacy History Papas Historia Historia eclesiástica Vatican City History Ciudad del Vaticano Historia BX 955.3 T368v 2014 262/.136 9780143124535 (pbk.) 0143124536 (pbk.) DLC 120918 20230411090617.0 eng