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.
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.
Thomas J. Reese, S.J., is a Jesuit scholar with a doctorate in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is Editor-in-Chief of America, the national Catholic weekly magazine, and author of, among other books, Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church.
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