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1) Conclave
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
"The Pope is dead. Behind locked doors of the Sistine chapel, 118 cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men, but they are men of the world, and they have rivals. And over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth."--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
107 pages cm.
Description
Describes the life and career of the 266th pope, including his early life in Argentina, his decision at sixteen to become a priest, and his work to help end poverty and aid United States and Cuban relations.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the Vatican, following the demise of the Pope, the conclave to elect his successor settles on Cardinal Melville. But the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square wait in vain for the new Pope to step out on the balcony. What is going on? Behind the thick walls of the Vatican panic has set in. After uttering a terrible howl of fear, the Cardinal refuses the office. The officials do everything to try to reason with Melville, including a psychoanalyst,...
Author
Publisher
Time Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Describes how Pope Francis is steering the Catholic Church to a politically moderate position, tackling such long-avoided topics as homosexuality, the role of women in the Church, the Vatican's finances, and sexual abuse scandals.
8) Woman of God
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor...
10) The new pope
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2020.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (503 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The unconventional follow-up to 2017's The Young Pope begins with Lenny Belardo, aka Pope Pius XIII, in a coma after a heart attack as the Holy See searches for his replacement. British intellectual Sir John Brannox is elected to the papal throne, assuming the name John Paul III. He soon finds that his predecessor's shadow looms large: The fiercely devoted cult of Pius XIII believes their pope will return, and their conviction proves hard to shake....
11) Angels & demons
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (special features)
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxi, 233 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Chronicles the events behind the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis, tracing the lives of both men and discussing the consequences of having two living popes in residence at the Vatican.
"In February 2013, the archconservative Pope Benedict XVI made a starling announcement: he would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in more than seven hundred years. Reeling from the news, the...
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
"The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history....
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"With more than four decades of firsthand experience reporting from Vatican City, David Willey explores the religious and personal background of Pope Francis and his ability to fulfill the promises of reform made during the first two years of his papacy"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
x, 323 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"'It all started with my balls.' So begins Colm Tóibín’s fabulously compelling essay, laced with humor, about his diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Tóibín survives, but he has entered, as he says, 'the age of one ball.' The second essay in this seductive collection is a memoir about growing up in the 1950s and ’60s in the small town of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, the setting for many of Tóibín’s novels and stories, including Brooklyn,...
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