Absolute Power: How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

by Paul Collins and Paul Collins

Book Overview

The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority

In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished.
In this gripping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610398602
• ISBN13: 9781610398602
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"