101 Questions & Answers on Popes and the Papacy - Softcover

Bellitto, Christopher M.

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Synopsis

101 Questions & Answers on Popes and the Papacy tackles almost every question posed in April 2005 during the dying and death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI. Dr. Bellitto tackles all sorts of thorny questions such as: • Was Peter the first pope? • I always hear negative things about the popes in the Middle Ages. Did they do anything good? • Did a pope really condemn Galileo for saying the Earth revolves around the Sun? • Was Pius XII really “Hitler’s pope”? • Do I have to believe every word the pope says? • What happens when a pope dies? • What happens if a pope becomes incapacitated and can’t serve as pope anymore? • Was there really a Pope Joan? • When did popes start wearing white? †

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About the Author

Dr. Bellitto is assistant professor of history at Kean University in Union, NJ. He is the author of the companion volumes, Renewing Christianity: A History of Church Reform from Day One to Vatican II (Paulist Press, 2001) and The General Councils: A History of the 21 Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II (Paulist Press, 2002). His most recent book is Ten Ways the Church Has Changed (Pauline Books and Media, 2006).

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