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The Vatican diaries : a behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church / John Thavis.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2014Description: 336 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143124535 (pbk.)
  • 0143124536 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 262/.136
LOC classification:
  • BX 955.3 T368v 2014
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
Summary: 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
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BX 955.3 T368v 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000138070

"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

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

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