In the courts of three popes an American lawyer and diplomat in the last absolute monarchy of the West
"A rare firsthand account of Vatican politics as Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis each endeavored to lead the Catholic Church into the modern world-from an accomplished diplomat, lawyer, and Harvard professor. "In my years of service to the Holy See, I was a stranger in a rather strange...
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[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I : The Court of John Paul II
- Chapter One : From Dalton to Rome
- Chapter Two : Leading a Vatican Delegation : Beijing 1995
- Chapter Three : Getting to Know the Curia
- Chapter Four : Inside a Vatican Think Tank
- Part II : The Court of Benedict XVI
- Chapter Five : "How Would You Like to Be the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See?"
- Chapter Six : From Harvard to Embassy Vatican
- Chapter Seven : Pope Benedict and the President Who "Spoke Catholic"
- Chapter Eight : Public Diplomacy 24/7
- Chapter Nine : Rumble at Notre Dame; Woes for a New Pope
- Part III : The Court of Pope Francis
- Chapter Ten : A Pope from the New World; a Bank in Trouble
- Chapter Eleven : "The Devil Lives in the IOR"
- Chapter Twelve : The Pope Addresses "Diseases of the Curia"
- Epilogue : The Hour of the Laity
