La grande storia dei papi. Santi, peccatori, vicari di Cristo

Published in 1997 this work concludes during the pontificate of John Paul II. In general it is an excellent introduction to the popes, and provides good coverage of both the good and the bad among them. Overall, however, the author tends to take a conciliatory approach to the leaders of the Roman Ca Leggi tutto

Crisis in Christendom Pope is the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics who form a major part of 2.2 billion Christians. The pontiff symbolizes the rule of God himself over hearts and minds of the faithful. Their words weigh in the halls of power, and in the bedrooms of the followers. The papacy Leggi tutto

A really solid and enjoyable introduction to the history of the papacy. Eamon Duffy bravely covers the whole thing, stretching from the hints about Peter we can glean from the New Testament all the way to the election and early days of Benedict XVI. Since he only has about 400 pages this is inevitab Leggi tutto

There are several good reviews of Duffy's book already on Goodreads, so I'll not beat the proverbially dead horse here. I will say, however, that Duffy's book--at least the first 380 or so pages of it, is a triumph of historical research and concise writing. I learned more in reading Duffy's book th Leggi tutto

If you are expecting scandalous gossip because of the title look elsewhere. This is a pretty dry history and it has taken me years to read. To be fair it is 2000 years of the Roman Catholic Church summarised in 300 pages and overall I think the author has done a reasonable job. The problem for those Leggi tutto

I guess I expected this to be way more gossipy than it is. This is real history. That's good...right? Is it bad that I was hoping for a trashy history of the popes? Is it my fault it's titled like a pulp fiction novel from the 50s? It seems very detailed, but considering how much history it covers, i Leggi tutto

Good day all well i faith this is a spendid story through vicar of christ god bless really have it good.

Café de especialidad para muy cafeteros papales

I was surprised by how big this book was, as in A4 Textbook sort of size. The early years are mostly skipped over in a few dozen pages and the book definitely spends more time in the modern era, several pages are dedicated to Napoleon's relationship with the Pope but oddly the book just assumes you