Inside the Vatican the Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
- Publish date: 04/01/1998
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Here is a firsthand look at the people, the politics, and the almost Byzantine bureaucracy behind the Vatican. Political scientist and Jesuit scholar Thomas Reese takes a lively look at how popes are elected and bishops appointed, how dissident theologians are disciplined and civil authorities dealt with. Revealing and colorful anecdotes from the past and present bring the unique culture of the Vatican to life.
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