Heirs of the Fisherman : behind the scenes of papal death and succession / John-Peter Pham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pham, John-Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popes--Election--History.

Popes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A former Vatican insider unveils the mystery shrouding the ritual, process and politics of papal election. The author takes us into the secret conclave, where the electors are kept under lock and key, incommunicado, until they have selected a new pope. Here, we find a chronicle of political intrigue set in the context of ritual.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction: JOHN PAUL II CROSSES A THRESHOLD; Chapter One: THE POPE IS DEAD!; Chapter Two: BEFORE THERE WERE CONCLAVES; Chapter Three: THE CARDINALS UNDER LOCK AND KEY; Chapter Four: THE CONCLAVES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; Chapter Five: THOU ART PETER!; Chapter Six: THE NEXT CONCLAVE: LOOKING BEYOND JOHN PAUL II; Appendix 1 THE SUCCESSION OF POPES; Appendix 2 THE APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS ON THE VACANCY OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE AND THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF; Appendix 3 CARDINALS PRESENTLY ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN A CONCLAVE

Appendix 4 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON SELECT PERSONALITIES, HISTORICAL AND PRESENT, APPEARING IN THE NARRATIVEAppendix 5 A GLOSSARY OF SELECT TERMS; Appendix 6 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BLESSED POPE JOHN XXIII; Appendix 7 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF POPE PAUL VI; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-357) and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-56440-7

0-19-534635-1

1-4237-4658-9

OCLC:

466425359