The history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is one of spies, scandals and bad political choices. In this book, Ambrogio Caiani lifts back the heavy velvet curtains of the chancel and peers behind the locked mahogany doors of the Vatican to reveal the shocking truths that make up a century of Catholic corruption.
A frank, sometimes disturbing portrait of the Catholic Church's difficult voyage through the 20th century - humanity's godless nadir.
A brilliant, lively, meticulously researched history that pulls no punches in its assessments of the modern Catholic church. This is required reading for anyone interested in the church's authoritarian past, and the lessons it must learn in order to reform.
A searing critique from the inside ... [Caiani's] cautionary words regarding the church's cosying up to political power for its own, sometimes myopic, ends are salutary and chillingly current.
