The Vatican Diaries
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church
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The New York Times–bestselling inside look at one of the world’s most powerful and mysterious institutions For more than twenty-five years, John Thavis held one of the most remarkable journalistic assignments in the world: reporting on the inner workings of the Vatican. In The Vatican Diaries, 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 (author of The Vatican Prophecies: Investigating Supernatural Signs, Apparitions, and Miracles in the Modern Age) also takes readers through the politicking behind the election of Pope Francis and what we might expect from his papacy. The Vatican Diaries is a perceptive, compelling, and provocative account of this singular institution and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the challenges faced by religion in an increasingly secularized world.
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Like sitting between two people gossiping. You learn some interesting things but you also learn some stuff you really don't want to know, and really don't want to know to the level of detail being told; Too Much Information.
The author has a different subject for each chapter and, I believe, he jumps back in time to get to a good starting place for the subject, which is a good way to approach his overall subject. But he uses the Popes' name as the reference point. I was raised Catholic and understand some of the subject but I had moved on before the overall time period presented, which made it difficult for me to understand if Benedict came before John-Paul II, 1 after, 2 after, etc.
