Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

Merchants in the temple : inside Pope Francis's secret battle against corruption in the Vatican / Gianluigi Nuzzi ; translated from the Italian by Michael F. Moore.

by Nuzzi, Gianluigi, author.

View full image

New York, : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

Francis, Pope, 1936-

Catholic Church. Curia Romana.

Catholic Church -- Corrupt practices.

Catholic Church -- Finance.

Istituto per le opere di religione -- Corrupt practices.

9781627798655 (hardcover)

162779865X (hardcover)

viii, 224 pages ; 25 cm

First U.S. edition.

About This Book -- 1. Pope Francis Issues a Shocking Accusation -- 2. The Saints' Factory -- 3. The Secrets of the Peter's Pence -- 4. Handcuffs in the Vatican -- 5. The Sins and Vices of the Curia -- 6. The Immense Real Estate Holdings of the Vatican -- 7. Holes in the Pension Fund -- 8. Attack on the Reform -- 9. The War, Act I: Blocked Budgets and Bureaucratic Assaults -- 10. The War, Act II: The Revolution of Francis and the Rise of Cardinal Pell -- Epilogue: Will Francis Resign, Too? -- Notes.

Nuzzi takes an investigative look at the recent financial scandals at the highest levels of the Vatican. On one side there is Pope Francis's strong message for one church of the poor and all; on the other, there is the old Curia with its endless enemies, and the old and new lobbies struggling to preserve their not-so-Christian privileges. It's a war that will determine the future of the church. And if he loses the battle against secular interests and blackmail, Pope Francis could resign, much like his predecessor.

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal