Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church by Philip Shenon

Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church

Philip Shenon

608 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction history religion medium-paced
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When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the twentieth century. In response, Pope John launched Vatica...

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