Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections by Frederic J. Baumgartner

Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections

Frederic J. Baumgartner

272 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)

nonfiction history religion dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens ...

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