The Vatican Diaries

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The Vatican Diaries

Editorial: penguin_books

ISBN: 978-01-4312-453-5

ISBN sin guiones: 9780143124535

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 352

Fecha de publicación: 2014-02-25

Idioma: inglés (Estados Unidos)

The Vatican Diaries

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-02-4196-741-6

ISBN sin guiones: 9780241967416

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 336

Fecha de publicación: 2013-03-07

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Vatican Diaries

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-02-4196-742-3

ISBN sin guiones: 9780241967423

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 336

Fecha de publicación: 2013-03-07

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

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The Vatican Diaries

John Thavis

Primera publicación: 2013-03-07

A humane and realistic and (yes) humorous picture of a mortal institution. To an old Prot like me, it's a tour of alien terrain and a bridge to old and dear friends' Garrison Keillor For thirty years John Thavis worked for the Catholic News Service in Rome and reported on the inner workings of the Vatican. The Vatican Diaries is his insightful and often very funny account of exactly what goes on in this unique and secretive institution. It's a place where cardinals fight private wars, scandals are constantly threatening to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past comes up painfully against the considerations of modern life. He describes the politics surrounding the election of a new pope and the beatification of an old one, the angst of dealing with the international issue of sexual abuse, the intricacies of arranging a Papal visit to India, the conflicts involved in trying to build a car park over an ancient Roman burial site - and above all the unfathomable personality of the conservative Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign for 600 years. At this extraordinary moment of crisis in the Church, Thavis's account of its inner workings is invaluable.