num_pages: 480
description: This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II. In this edition Duffy has revised and updated the final chapter on twentieth-century Popes and added a supplement on the method by which the next Pope will be elected.
language: English
title: Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes
publisher: Yale University Press