Vatican Diaries

The Vatican Diaries is an inside look at one of the world''s most powerful and mysterious institutions, by John Thavis.

''A humane and realistic and (yes) humorous picture of a mortal institution. To an old Prot like me, it''s a tour of alien terrain and a bridge to old and dear friends'' Garrison Keillor

For thirty years John Thavis worked for the Catholic News Service in Rome and reported on the i...