Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic ChurchHarvard University Press, 19 de febr. 1998 - 322 pàgines There are one billion Catholics in the world today, spread over every continent, speaking almost every conceivable language, and all answering to a single authority. The Vatican is a unique international organization, both in terms of its extraordinary power and influence, and in terms of its endurance. Popes come and go, but the elaborate and complex bureaucracy called the Vatican lives on. For centuries, it has served and sometimes undermined popes; it has been praised and blamed for the actions of the pope and for the state of the church. Yet an objective examination of the workings of the Vatican has been unavailable until now. |
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Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church Thomas S.J. Reese Previsualització limitada - 1998 |
Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church Thomas J. Reese S.J. Previsualització limitada - 1998 |