Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church

by Philip Shenon

From the best-selling author and former New York Times investigative reporter, an unprecedented look at the defining struggles of the modern Catholic Church, told through the lives of the last seven popes

When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the twentieth century. In response, Pope...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101946415
• ISBN13: 9781101946411
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"