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by Michael Walsh

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Prominent Catholic historian Walsh takes readers through the history of conclaves past, highlighting the vendettas, feuds, and political intrigues that have colored the selection of a new pontiff.

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In 1271, with the papal throne vacant for over two years, local officials locked the cardinals of the Catholic Church in a room, forcing them to select a new pope. From this inauspicious beginning arose the practice of the conclave, the highly secretive combination of rituals and politics designed to select a new leader for the world's Catholic population. With Pope John Paul II ailing, the time for a new conclave draws nearer, and Rome is preparing for over 6,000 journalists and innumerable interested onlookers to descend on the Eternal City to witness the election of the next leader of the Catholic Church. In The Conclave, prominent Catholic historian Michael Walsh takes readers through the history of conclaves past, highlighting the vendettas, feuds, and political intrigues that have colored the selection of a new pontiff. An entertaining history of the secret deliberations, colorful stories, and even bloody events that surround the making and unmaking of popes, The Conclave is a great story, a great history, and an important work for anyone interested in the papacy.

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  • Title The Conclave: A Sometimes Secret and Occasionally Bloody History of Papal Elections
  • Author Michael Walsh
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sheed & Ward, Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Publication date August 2003
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781580511353 / 158051135X
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.32 x 0.74 in (23.37 x 16.05 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Catholic
  • Category Religion - Catholicism
  • Library of Congress subjects Popes - Election - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003010012
  • Dewey Decimal Code 262.135

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  • Library Journal, 07/01/2003, Page 91
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/30/2003, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 06/30/2003, Page 76

About the author

Michael Walsh is a prominent Catholic author and historian. A former Jesuit, he is the archivist for the Jesuit-founded Heythrop College at London University, serves as editor of the Heythrop Journal, and is a columnist for the international Catholic publication The Tablet. A regular commentator on religious issues for the BBC, ITV, and North American stations, Walsh's best-selling books include Pope John Paul II: A Biography, Lives of the Popes, and the Dictionary of Christian Biography. He and his wife Kathie have two grown daughters and live in North London.
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