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<p><P>A fascinating and enlightening look at the world&#8217;s oldest and most mysterious institution, written by an American journalist with unparalleled knowledge about the Vatican's past and present.<P>The sexual abuse scandals that shook American and British Catholicism in 2002 brought to light a long-standing cultural gap between the English-speaking Catholic world and the Vatican. In Rome, the crisis was often seen as an attack on the Church mounted by money-hungry lawyers, a hostile press, and liberal activists who used it as a way to turn attention on such concerns as celibacy, women&#8217;s ordination, and lay empowerment. When the Vatican struck down the U.S. bishops&#8217; draft for handling allegations of sexual abuse, many saw it as an attempt to curb an independent American Catholic church. Yet, as time passed, it became clear that the Vatican&#8217;s well-founded concerns about due process were shared by most liberal U.S. bishops and canon lawyers. <P>ALL THE POPE&#8217;S MEN is a lucid, in-depth guide to the sometimes puzzling, often incomprehensible inner workings of the Vatican. It reveals how decisions are made, how papal bureaucrats think, and how careers in the

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Author

John L. Allen, Jr

Publisher

Doubleday Religion

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307423498

Category

religious

Subjects

History, Christian, Philosophy

Rating

3.82 / 5 (75 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14