02672cam a2200337 i 4500 1906841793 TxAuBib 20250403120000.0 240501s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024019372 9781101946411 HRD 35.00 1101946415 HRD 35.00 TxAuBib rda Shenon, Philip, author. Jesus wept [BOOK] : seven popes and the battle for the soul of the Catholic church / Philip Shenon. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. xi, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-566) and index. "When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the twentieth century. In response, Pope John launched Vatican II, an 'ecumenical council' that summoned hundreds of church leaders to Rome. It marked one of the most progressive turns the Church had taken in centuries. Yet not everyone in the Church was prepared to accept this modernization. The lines were drawn—in a battle that continues to rage into the twenty-first century. In Jesus Wept, Philip Shenon takes us inside the Holy See to reveal its intricacies, hypocrisies, and hidden maneuverings, bringing all the momentous disputes and issues vividly to life: priestly celibacy, birth control, homosexuality, restoring ties with other Christians and Jews, shameful sex abuse crimes, the role of women in the Church. In his rich portrayals of the popes from John to Francis, Shenon draws on research across four continents, including hundreds of interviews and the exhaustive archival material. He also brings to light other key figures in the Church, such as Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, the incredibly powerful, conservative, and staunchly anticommunist director of the Holy Office under Pius XII, who lived proudly by the motto semper idem—'always the same.'". 20250403. Catholic Church History 20th century. Catholic Church Doctrines History 20th century. Catholic Church History 21st century. Catholic Church Doctrines History 21st century. Papacy History 20th century. Papacy History 21st century.