Dimensions
129 x 198 x 20mm
What exactly goes on inside the Vatican?
John Thavis describes in riveting detail the workings of a secretive and often chaotic culture which he has viewed as a journalist close up for thirty years. It's a place where cardinals fight private wars, scandals are constantly threatening to undermine Papal authority and reverence for the past comes up painfully against modern life.A place where careerism overshadows quiet dedication, where there are conflicting agendas and shifting alliances.
Who wins out when plans for a much-needed underground car park run up against the discovery of a Roman burial ground?
Why do the bells fail to ring when the new pope is elected?
What does George Bush bring to the Pontiff as a present?
And above all, what should we make of that most baffling of popes, Benedict XVI?
