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Absolute Power - How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World (Hardcover)
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Absolute Power - How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World (Hardcover)
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In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been
swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. The
cardinals were scattered across Europe, and Catholics feared they
would be unable to elect the next pope. Even if Catholicism
survived, it seemed the papacy was finished. And yet, just over two
hundred years later, the pope still stands "at the very center of
the central conversations of our time" (Time). His influence
reaches across the world--from Cuban politics to gender equality to
the refugee crisis--and the strength of his "soft power" is
incomparable. In this gripping narrative of religious and political
history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the
last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius
VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. As a historian,
journalist, and theologian, Collins also poses pressing, critical
questions to the Catholic Church: Does today's church governance
stray from the teachings of the gospel? Is the papacy's internal
power so great that it might be considered heretical? If so, what
can be done to ensure a credible--and Christ-like--path forward?
Absolute Power is required reading for anyone interested in the
history of today's complex power structures--as well as anyone
invested in religious, political, and social progress in the West.
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