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001			in501057191
003			OCoLC
005			20180722213707.0
008			120918s2013 nyu 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012037047
020			_a0670026719 (hbk.)
020			_a9780670026715 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)796756324
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dIG# _dBTCTA _dBDX _dWIM _dYDXCP _dVHP _dJP3 _dOCLCO _dVP@ _dNSB _dNFG
049			_aNFGA
092			_a262.136 _bT368
100	1		_aThavis, John. _9226073
245	1	4	_aThe Vatican diaries : _ba behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church / _cJohn Thavis.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c2013.
300			_a321 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe bells -- Up in the air -- Nuestro Padre -- Bones -- Cat and mouse -- Latinist -- The pope who would be saint -- Hemlines and banana peels -- Sex -- The real Benedict.
520			_athis book presents a behind-the-scenes perspective on the Vatican's inner workings that challenges popular perceptions, revealing the personal conflicts, authority-undermining scandals, and modern considerations that are challenging the Vatican's daily business. For more than twenty-five years the author has reported on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave him a unique perspective on an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it first appears. He reveals Vatican City as a place where Curia cardinals fight private wars, scandals threaten to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past is continually upended by the practical considerations of modern life. The author takes readers from a bell tower high above St. Peter's to the depths of the basilica and the Saint's burial place, from the politicking surrounding the election of a new pope and the ever-growing sexual abuse scandals around the world to controversies about the Vatican's stand on contraception and more.
600	0	0	_aBenedict _bXVI, _cPope, _d1927- _97008
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xGovernment. _9226074
650		0	_aPapacy _xHistory. _941632
651		0	_aVatican City _xHistory. _941633
942			_cBOOK _028
998			_a007315262
999			_c146776 _d146776