Your Guide to Papal Histories. Really. I Mean YOUR Guide
Now you can buy a history of the popes in any flavor you desire. I'll rate each guide on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is Sister-Christer-liberal and 10 is Sedevacantist/More-Catholic-than-the-pope. (All scores tongue-in-cheek; survey is mostly by reputation.)
Lives of the Popes by Richard McBrien
Rating: 1
Makes fine kindling wood.
The Papacy - Paul Johnson
Rating: 4
Nice pictures and art.
Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes by Eamon Duffy
Rating: 5
Purportedly one of the most neutral and scholarly of works in print.
The Popes: Histories and Secrets by Claudio Rendina
Rating: 7
Chosen by many local diocesan books stores; was on display at Cincinnati's papal exhibit last year.
Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes by Charles Coulombe
Rating: 9
For the Trad in us all.
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