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A revealing inside check out one of the world's most powerful and mysterious institutions For more than 25 years John Thavis organised one of the most fascinating journalistic careers in the globe: reporting on the interior workings of the Vatican. His daily contact with the energy, politics, and personalities in the seating of Roman Catholicism gave him a distinctive, behind-the-scenes perspective with an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it first looks. Thavis discloses Vatican City as a location where Curia cardinals struggle private wars, scandals threaten to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past is continually upended by the sensible considerations of modern life. Thavis needs listeners from a bell tower high above St. Peter's to the depths of the basilica and the saint's burial place, from the politicking bordering the election of a new pope and the ever-growing erotic abuse scandals across the world to controversies about the Vatican's stand on contraception plus more. Perceptive, sharply written, and witty, The Vatican Diaries will appeal not only to Catholics - lapsed as well as devout - but to anyone enthusiastic about international diplomacy and the role of religious beliefs in an ever more secularized world.
