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The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election
Imagine Publishing Inc
June 2004
256 pages
ISBN: 0385504535
EAN: 9780385504560
Kindle: B000RG1NR6
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Non-Fiction Biography
A captivating, insider?s guide to the politics and
personalities that will have a tremendous impact on one of
the world?s most secretive and important events?the
election of a pope to succeed John Paul II. The next time a conclave unfolds in Rome, some 6,000
journalists are expected to descend on the Eternal City to
cover the death of John Paul II and report on the election
of his successor. The man in white who emerges from the
Sistine Chapel at its conclusion will automatically become
one of the most important figures on earth, a leader who
commands a unique combination of political and spiritual
power. Depending on how he chooses to exercise that power,
governments and political systems may rise or fall,
religious wars may heat up or abate, and the Church may
undergo a radical transformation?from changes in its
stances on such issues as sexuality, the place of women in
the Church, to the role of the papacy itself. Conclave is a fascinating look at the election process and
at what this headline-making occasion will mean to the
world. John L. Allen, Jr., takes readers behind the scenes
to reveal the issues, parties, and people most likely to
determine the outcome. Setting the election within a
broader context, he explains why it matters who becomes
pope, discusses their role in the modern world, and
examines the issues that will form the agenda of the next
papacy. Although the book is not intended as a ?handicapper?s
guide,? Allen does offer his own informed list of the ?top
twenty? contenders for the position. He creates, as well, a
classification system that clarifies the differences among
the informal political parties that exist within the
College of Cardinals, the body of 130-plus men who will
elect John Paul II?s successor. In conclusion, he presents
a critical, independent-minded profile of each of those
cardinals?for one of them will certainly be the new pope.
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