Inside the Vatican
Subtitle: the politics and organization of the Catholic Church
By: Thomas J. Reese.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Government -- History; Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History; Papacy -- History; Councils and synods; Church management; Vatican City -- History
Description: Drawing on more than a hundred interviews with Vatican officials, this book affords a firsthand look at the people, the politics, and the organization behind the institution. Thomas Reese brings remarkable clarity to the almost Byzantine bureaucracy of congregations, agencies, secretariats, tribunals, nunciatures, and offices, showing how they serve the pope and, through him, the universal church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-307) and index.